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Not as bad as it looks. Its corrosion, transferred from the case. Be a sweet raw brass conversion.
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This is the worst-looking cornet I've ever bought. Those pics are after I washed all the green and oily stuff off of it. Got it for $25, and knew what it was.
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Was the inside clean still?
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The whole cornet looked like it had been submerged in a vat of machine oil, The corks and felts were ruined. The inside of the horn wasn't too bad, though, and I managed to get all the slides out.
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BTW, here it is all cleaned up, remaining lacquer removed, and polished. Conn 5A Victor, a great cornet.
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$25 bucks!?!?
You got a sweet deal on that horn...even after the restoration costs you might have had!
Kujo
1916 Holton Revelation Cornet
2016 Schlub Brass Works “Damar” 4V Flugelhorn
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Must have come in an Olds case for them to call it an Olds. My best buy on ebay was a story like that.
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My best buy ever was a Besson International Cornet which I watched being put into a garbage bin... pulled it out, asked the guy whether I could have it. He said, You're welcome to it, and I walked off. Had it restored for a mere 75 Deutschmarks (now approx. € 30) and have been playing it ever since. Last time someone offered to buy it I was tempted with three thousand dollars... and declined. You don't sell a good cornet.
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$25 bucks!?!?
You got a sweet deal on that horn...even after the restoration costs you might have had!
I cleaned it, removed the remaining lacquer, and polished it myself, so the "restoration" cost as pictured was $0...lol.
I later had it professionally restored (valves were in great shape), played it a few years, and sold it at a nice profit after buying a like-new Conn 9A Victor. I still have the 9A, and will probably never sell it.
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Here's another "yuck" horn I bought cheap. Same treatment as the previous one. Removed a terrible multi-layer lacquer job and polished it. First pic is from the eBay ad - Conn 22B Victor, a diamond in the rough. I think I paid about $70 for it.
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My best buy off of Ebay was freak thing. Somebody had a trumpet listed as a Bundy trumpet. I just glanced at the photo and knew right away it wasn't a Bundy anything by the first valve trigger. I got to looking at it and could see it was a Conn Constellation. The starting bid was about $50. Since I wasn't interested in stealing it I sent the seller a message and told them it wasn't a Bundy, even thought case that came with it had Bundy on it. I told them what it was and they should adjust their listing. The seller said thanks and didn't change anything. I put in a bid and the winning bid....mine.... turned out to cost me $79 including the shipping. All that was really wrong with it was that it needed a spring on the trigger and a local music store did it for next to nothing.
Nice playing 28B.
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Niner, do you keep these horns as a hobby or resale them? Looks good whichever the case.
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@Kehaulani I will sell one once in a while but am not in the horn flipping business.
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@Niner - Well, they look nice and you must've put a lot of work into them. You've got more horn-patience than, LOL I.
