BUYERS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS:

IF YOU BUY FROM JAPAN SELLERS,ASK YOURSELF WHY MULTIPLE SELLERS ARE OFFERING THE SAME HORNS WITH THE SAME PICS. ANSWER, THEY  DO NOT OWN THE ITEMS AND IN MANY CASES ARE TRYING TO BUY ON OTHER FOREIGN SITES USING YOUR MONEY. IF THEY WIN AND MAKE MONEY, THE ITEM WILL SHIP WRAPPED IN PAPER AS WELL. 

IF YOU SEE LISTINGS FROM CHINA THAT INFER AN ITEM IS IN ANYWAY A BACH OR PREMIUM YAMAHA PRODUCT, THE CHANCES ARE THE  ITEMS ARE COUNTERFEIT. THESE ARE NOT CLONES TO SPEC, THE MATERIALS, DIMENSIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, TONE, ETC MATCH NOTHING. 

MY LISTING

DO NOT  BE PUT OFF BY REFLECTIONS. ASK QUESTIONS

MY PIECES ARE LISTED ELSEWHERE. IF INTERESTED, DO NOT DAWDLE

I AM LISTING SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGE PIECES, WITHOUT THE CRAP SHOOT OR NONSENSE OF AS FOUND PIECES

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AS A SELLER. ASK QUESTIONS. IF IT HELPS YOU, AND WE DO A DEAL WITH WHICH YOU ARE PLEASED, HELP THE NEXT BUYER AND LEAVE YOUR OPINION

MY RETURN POLICY, NOT AS DESCRIBED SEND IT BACK. NO TRY OUTS

ALMOST COLLECTOR GRADE

CONN CONNSTELLATION 

28A MODEL 

LONG CORNET

C18105, 1963 PRODUCTION

PREDECESSOR OF ALL CONNSTELLATION TRUMPETS

THIS HORN PLAYS VERY WELL

VERY EARLY SECOND SERIES WITH SECOND SERIES FEATURES, BRIGHT BRASS TOP AND BOTTOM CAPS,PADDED TOP CAPS AND DUAL STOP NUTS ON FIRST SLIDE STOP.

VERY FLEXIBLE HORN THAT RESPONDS IN ALL VENUES WITH VARIOUS MOUTHPIECE SELECTIONS. 

BODY, NICKEL PLATED BRASS WITH YELLOW BRASS FEATURES

5-1/8” ELECTRO D BELL (COPPER PLATED BRASS, THEN NICKEL PLATED)

 LEAD (COPPER BRASS ALLOY THEN NICKEL PLATED) THEN MICRO FINISH INTERIOR TO PREVENT CORROSION, MIRROR FINISH AFTER 63 YEARS

SEE CHRIS DERKSEN’S WONDERFUL SITE, CONNLOYALIST.COM, ON ALL EARLY CONNS. JUST AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE AND A GENERALLY GREAT READ.

VERY DESIRABLE, COLLECTABLE, PLAYABLE

PROFESSIONAL IN EVERY WAY

ORIGINAL “A” CASE IN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE CONDITION. A COUPLE OF SMALL CORNER  NICKS IN THE COVER, BEAUTIFUL OVERALL EXTERIOR, INTERIOR AND HARDWARE, BANNER IN TACT

LACQUER EXCELLENT OVERALL, SOME NICKS AND SCRATCHES SMALL MARKS ON BELL PIPE. 

PLEASE LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE PICS, BLOW THEM UP,AND ASK QUESTIONS

FULLY SERVICED; DETERGENT DEGREASING, DESCALING, AND ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED. ALL TUBING CLEANED WITH ROTARY BRUSHES AND SLIDE ENDS POLISHED. 

SPRINGS, CORKS, AND FELT REPLACED

VALVES PROPERLY ALIGNED, HORN TESTED

EXCELLENT SLIDE ACTION, FIRST VERY QUICK, THIRD LOOSE BUT NOT A FLOATER. SLIDE CROOKS CLEAN.

EXCELLENT VALVE ACTION. 

BEAUTIFUL 5-1/8” BELL FLAIR

WILL WORK WITH BUYER ON MOUTHPIECE,CHOICE OF CUP

 

PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICS AND ASK QUESTIONS. DO NOT BUY BLINDLY FROM ME OR ANYONE ELSE. 

Don’t buy found or unserviced horns unless you have the skills yourself to remediate them or you have access to good service personnel?

WHY BUY FROM ME? IT HAS BEEN OVER 60 YEARS SINCE I PICKED UP MY FIRST TRUMPET. AS A PLAYER COLLECTOR AND RESTORER, I KNOW THE GOOD FROM THE BAD. I STRIVE TO MAKE EVERY HORN I HANDLE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE. I ALSO PRIDE MYSELF ON FULL DISCLOSURE AND THE BEST DESCRIPTIONS I CAN GIVE.