[Trombone-l] ...Nothing Major

[Matthew Stoecker]

Looks to me to be a Sears Silvertone, made by Blessing, not a King Silvertone with the sterling bell. I'm not sure I'd put the money into restoring it...

 

Matt Stoecker

QuinnTheEskimo Vintage Horns
www.quinntheeskimo.net



 
> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 13:48:05 -0500
> From: eric at elsjledwards.net
> To: docartaig at gmail.com; trombone-l at samford.edu
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] ...Nothing Major
> 
> Looks to me like the bottom inner slide tube is missing.
> But for $85 plus another $120 for the tube plus labor, you'll have a 
> really SWEET horn there!!
> 
> Great find!
> 
> Thanks
> Eric
> 
> Eric, Leandra, Sara, Jared & Lily
> Edwards
> 
> "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price has faded"
> "The wise man, when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks"
> "If you must choose between two evils, choose the one you haven't tried yet."
> "Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." -Sophocles
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Dougherty wrote:
> > Hey all, I'm comin' out of lurk mode. I'm a double-bassist who is 
> > learning trombone. Blew out some cartilage in my little finger on 
> > left hand and playing bass on borrowed time. Anyway, I'm learning on 
> > a King (606) and shopping for a "real" horn on a strict budget. So, 
> > I'm cruising Craig's List and I come across this bargain:
> >
> > http://newhaven.craigslist.org/msg/1150231735.html
> >
> >
> > I just had to share.
> >
> > Dan Dougherty
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one 
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all 
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw
> >
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