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Looks like a B & S FF.
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It's the slant rotor miraphone BBb. The 282 is the number I think.
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bububassboner wrote:It's the slant rotor miraphone BBb. The 282 is the number I think.
Can't be. Are we looking at the same video clip?
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Meinl-Weston Walter Hilgers 45 Q-HL? Looks like there's a 6th rotor on the large side of the mts and the down facing 3rd valve slide match.

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KiltieTuba wrote:
bububassboner wrote:It's the slant rotor miraphone BBb. The 282 is the number I think.
This is the 289:
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And here's a Melton/Meinl Weston 4460:

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Though it says he plays a 2011 RA on the webpage:
http://www.melton-meinl-weston.com/frie ... html?id=88" target="_blank" target="_blank

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Ah you are right. I saw the slanted paddle bridge and thought of the miraphone.
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