The playing slide was very good, but I went ahead, took it all apart, made it absolutely perfect (as best I can tell
- It's REALLY nice), re-lacquered it, and sold it to my friend/colleague (for a "friend-type" price, since they've done me quite a few favors, and would - without questioning - do many more favors for me). He's now asking me to build him a thin-wall nickel-brass (LIGHTWEIGHT) outside slide assembly (to fit the existing inside slide assembly).
I just ordered all the parts from C-S...
...so what do you bet I won't have these parts from C-S (even) six months from now...(??)
The thumb-pic isn't the right model (showing a regular brass playing slide), but my friend wants me to (basically) give him the option of having a REGULAR model 36, PLUS this model LT36:
https://www.hickeys.com/music/brass/tro ... slide-.php
note: If the complete factory-assembled-and-lacquered lightweight OUTSIDE slide assembly were ordered (rather than ME building it from parts)...
- It would cost a fortune, and
- it - almost certainly - wouldn't line up with his existing INSIDE slide assembly.
Even C-S' own parts page doesn't show a picture of an ACTUAL nickel-brass outside slide assembly:
https://parts.conn-selmer.com/products/ ... t/434/lt36
bloke "IF/WHEN they send me all of these CORRECT parts - and with both of the outside tubes being good ones...?? - and I can do this: easy-schmeasy".
