arpthark wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:37 pm
Good ol' rubber mat/log cabin tuba glamor shot.
not previously revealed:
The fourth lever (as with the others) appears to be Jinbao (??), but is a mismatch.
That having been said, the lever arm coming off of it is significantly LONGER - which ends up being fine, since there's a "dip" in the tubing coming out of the 3rd rotor (offering clearance for that lever arm), and - with the longer lever arm - the 4th valve paddle stroke is SIGNIFICANTLY shorter than the 1-2-3 lever strokes, which (considering most people's "pinky" fingers) is a very GOOD thing...
...again, cosmetic flaws, not perfectly cleaned up solder seams, and not-absolutely/completely-removed body damage are apparent, but (as previously stated) the goal was to bring the condition of the instrument up to (and - arguably - past) the quality of an instrument defined by the available funds of the buyer... (I could have easily spent SEVERAL more hours to make this thing LOOK a little bit better, yet play NO better.) ...I'm fairly sure that the church is really scrounging/stretching for these funds, as I was asked to wait a week to deliver it, and I feel pretty good about what they're getting for their money.
