[Trombone-l] Fw: Finally!/OOPS

[Fred Hudson]

I meant to say - The word "model" is not present (see below)

F H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Hudson" <fmhudson at cablelynx.com>
To: <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>; "trombone-l" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Finally!


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Shoshani" <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
>
>
>> On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 23:46 -0600, Earl Needham wrote:
>>> Earl Needham wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>> >         2B
>>> >        King
>>> >      Liberty
>>> >       Model
>>> >
>>> >      Made by
>>> >        The
>>> >   H.N. White Co.
>>> >
>>> >     Cleveland
>>> >       Ohio
>>>
>>> Oh, and you ought to see the counterweight --
>>>
>>>        H.N. WHITE CO.
>>>           PAT'D
>>>             6
>>
>>
>> So this means two things:
>>
>> First, you actually have a Liberty, not a Liberty 2-B. They were two
>> different horns: the Liberty had a straight .485 bore and is
>> identifiable by its slide crook being attached to the outer stockings
>> (which are brass) with ferrules.  The Liberty 2-B was/is a .481/.491
>> dual bore and is identifiable by its slide crook being lapped over the
>> ends of the outer stockings (which are nickel silver).
>>
>
> I beg to differ Michael - My 1949 2-B of which I am the original owner is
> marked the same way as Earl's except that it just says Liberty, the word
> "Model" and it is definitely a dual bore. It is my understanding that the
> 2-B designation, which Earl's horn has, was meant to designate dual bore.
> This was obviously not extrapolated to the 3-B, 4-B etc.*grin*
>
> Fred H
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