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It featured a "checked" lacquer finish (not enough drying retarder in the lacquer...it dried very quickly, shrunk, and "crackled"), which I later stripped. Otherwise, the spaces between the lacquer (on such instruments) tend to end up as "ruts" in the metal.
EVERYONE who has played it, has remarked on how exceptionally well it plays - particularly the low range, and (overall) the intonation.
I have ABSOLUTELY NO PLANS to sell it.
As can be seen, I had someone put some cool engraving around the factory bell stamping.
(Actually, it's the old King/H. N. White era "Liberty" 2B trombone engraving pattern.)
My plans (decades ago) were to pimp it out (satin silver with bright silver accents...gold slides, gold caps/buttons, gold bell interior, bright silver engraving).
Tuba players claim to view this stuff as distasteful and garish...though - when such a tuba is made available to most players (particularly if a model they are already seeking) their eyes tend to saucer.
Euphonium players, on the other hand, find this style of finish to not only be acceptable, but "routine", and "completely appropriate for soloists".
The ORIGINAL idea was to make the instrument easy to sell, if I really needed some quick money...but I tend to USE the thing so often, that "selling it" has sort of become out of the question.
Here's the thing:
Over the years, it's really developed (in my view) a handsome patina (of which I've grown fond)...and (unlike with instruments that have suffered serious bell damage, and had the lacquer stripped - why...?? - by some repair shop) this instrument has never been damaged, and ALL the metal is there...
...so...SHOULD I go ahead and pimp it out, OR just leave it the way it is...??
...and this:
I'd really PREFER that ONLY EUPHONIUM PLAYERS participate in the poll.
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