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Vintage Conn 14D: Sigfried’s Call BellThis Conn 14D bell was graciously provided by a hornist from Evansville Indiana. Although the exact vintage is unknown, it most likely saw a few decades of service in the local school district. The bell flare was straightened, delacquered, cleaned, and fitted with an Alexander compatible ring made of bronze for its good wear and low friction properties. Two different designs have been applied to the outside of this bell flare. Approximately the first

This vintage bell has a heavy and dark bronze patina

bell throat inner diameter: 2-27/32 inches

It can be polished to a brilliant brass shine if desired

Here is a complete valve cluster with tuning slides to an Olds Ambassador horn

This bell produces a nice sound and is very difficult to overblow with the added mass of the garland

The bell with its bell ring weighed 371g before painting

Each star is nickel silver (0

Horns can be made to play from C-alto to C-basso in half steps

All horns will have a small bore with long slow tapers in the master crooks

The bell has been delacquered

Additional crooks and or couplers for this horn can always be made in the future if one desires additional keys

The horn corpus reuses the entire bell tail and flare