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Re: re.watchdog & new member

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Subject: Re: re.watchdog & new member
From: Steve Larwood <larwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:16:53 +0000
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I had a new Sovereign Euph Silver plate that got the marks within one
year.  3 years later I then got a new Courtois Euph (laquer) which now
has similar marks within one year.  

My son's trombone has gone back to the manufacturers because all the
laquer is falling off the slide.  Its been gone a month and the
importers have kindly lent him a branny because its taking so long.

Even my daughter's Maestro Cornet is looking a little the worse for
wear finish-wise after three years (but not as bad as the european
makes above it must be said).

Can you buy any new instrument that doesnt do this?  Sad comment on
today's manufacturing standards/quality control I think - I once had
an Imperial Euph that was over 40 years old that didnt have any such
marks.  It did have tuning slide inserts made of brass (euph was
silver) because it was originally "high pitch" and there were no marks
around the joins either.  And it had been kicked to death, but still
played beautifully (shame I dont <g>)

Steve Larwood, Euph, Melbourne Town band
http://www.mtb-brassband.com

ROBERT GARLICK wrote:
> 
> I've just started to subscribe to this list- it is great. I play cornet with
> Haverhill Silver Band, Suffolk.
> 
> Although it wasn't on a Besson instrument, I had this trouble with a new
> trumpet I purchased some years ago. (2 or 3) After I had owned it for a
> couple of weeks, the black spots started to appear on the tuning slide.The
> laquer on most instruments' I have seen seems to have these sort of marks
> after a couple of years (I realise these certain instruments are new). The
> only way I feel you can totally avoid it is to get a silver- plated
> instrument, (my Besson silver- plated cornet is fine) but then as others
> have said this may look bad in the band.
> 
> James Garlick.
> 
> --
> 
>	 unsub brass-band
>	 end

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