| Sorry, I can't answer that one, Ash. They might be but I saw no markings to indicate one way or the other. I just know that I wasn't terribly impressed by the precision of components; it looked like it was designed to be manufactured as cheaply as possible. Without holding the valves "side by side" I couldn't say for certain but I am under the impression that the reason for the different angles of the valve guides was to permit the use of identical porting for the 1st and 3rd pistons and valve casings (which lowers tooling costs).
My son had an old, very well used Getzen 300 cornet for his first year; I'd put the two instruments at comparable quality.... and the cornet was probably at least 30 years older.
The case looked pretty though. |