@dave-hughes I sincerely hope you don't enjoy that Conn trumpet like GeorgeB - sadly, he passed away a few days ago, at a ripe age. He will be sorely missed. RIP
@acb The Wiss has been my main horn for three years now, I have used it in the community symphony orchestra, big band and wind symphony, my initial impressions have not c,hanged, it is the best horn I have ever played, I have had no problems blending with a section of Bachs and other makes, I have carefully checked the tuning with an electronic tuner and found a maximum error of +- 6 cents from the even tempered scale over my range (2 1/2 octaves). AT 5500 euro it was not a cheap horn but commensurate with other hand made horns. Regards, Stuart.
I don't like BAC's hidden price policy where I have to give them a bunch of personal info that they can use to spam me with, before they give me the price. Thanks,
As an aside, has anyone played one of these?
I realize it's an old thread, but did you find the price of the BAC Benge?
@Trumpetb Thank you so much for the suggestion. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I have a brother in law that was the music director at the local university, now retired. I will ask him.
Just saw this post, so I’ll resurrect it for this cornet. 1962 Conn 9A Victor short cornet. Coprion bell and leadpipe, in really nice original condition.
I love old Olds horns and have 2 L.A. Ambassadors , one of which has the fastest valves of any horn I own. I think it’s worth noting, and certainly a testament to the quality of the Olds product, that the valve section on Uan Raseys Olds horn was the one used in the Ambassador. Robb Stewarts website has a page dedicated to Uan - it’s worth a read. As I understood it, Olds was a “one tolerance” shop, which means all their instruments were made to the same tolerance specs regardless of price. That’s pretty incredible.