Strad vs Zeno/Neo

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After much deliberation I finally bought a 184G Silver Strad Cornet. Did not do enough research though to realize the bell is brass/gold. Supposedly a richer sound. Glad it did have that.

Initially the horn was "harder" to play as well as my old Conns (Im a Conn fanboy). But I do like it. It came with a deep cup MB (Bach 6A) i am using my 14C3 Yahaha. I bought a 14E3 (deeepeer cup) but I still like the Yahama. It is fairly Bright and really projects. I do prefer darker. But since it I am in a band it is probably needed. I may pllay around by adding a pad in each valve to misalign the valves and make it slot less.

I paid 1200 including tak and shipping. It has a few dents and the bell was repaired. But I'll take the $2100 savings. Anyone else have one?

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@FranklinD Yea..sorry I have an 11C4 shory and an 11C4 long.

And I meant to say "MP" (mouthpiece) not "MB". I had an 80A..I didn't care for it. Maybe bc of the large bore.

Bob Pixley

I have a large bore Bach 184G cornet. It’s a very nice instrument with a great core to the sound. It’s kind of pretty, too...

bobmiller1969

@Bob-Pixley beautiful horn! Love the engraving.

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@Bob-Pixley
Wow!!!~

Bob Pixley

@bobmiller1969 said in Strad vs Zeno/Neo:

@Bob-Pixley beautiful horn! Love the engraving.

Thanks. It’s the optional “Stradivarius Deluxe” factory pattern. Sort of an old school look, along with the custom brass finger buttons Mark Curry made for me.

Kehaulani

@Bob-Pixley said in Strad vs Zeno/Neo:

@bobmiller1969 said in Strad vs Zeno/Neo:
Thanks. It’s the optional “Stradivarius Deluxe” factory pattern.

You mean that engraving was an in-house job and not done independently? Wow.

Bob Pixley

@Kehaulani

The engraving is the stock Bach pattern, done by Sherry Huntley, who was the Bach engraver, but she did it for me independently after I bought the instrument because I couldn’t find a dealer willing to do the special order for me. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Here’s an old pic of it right after I received it back from her.

bobmiller1969

@Bob-Pixley I'm all about old school. My Holton cornet has some pretty cool art-deco engraving, but can't really see it after the raw brass tarnishes at all. She did a wonderful job!