| the alignment of the valves were a little off (I dont have the equiptment to do a pva, but I can shive light through the tubes with a mirror and look) so I replaced the felts and they seem perfect now, it plays like a large bore should so I cant image that they are too far off, Im still looking for some springs to replace the ones that are on it, I think theyve lost some compression in their old age. the leadpipe is fine though, no corrosion or red rot that I can see, a little laquer wear were the thumb touches but thats it, again I looked down the tube with a mirror. heres an interesting tid bit for you. I was fooling around with my horns just now, almost all the callet parts from my callet are interchangeble with the benge parts. the only difference is the "reversed" first valve slide on the callet, and the callet has a slightly tighter wrap on the valve slides, the tubes fit perfectly though. the tuning slide is an exact match. interesting isnt it.
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Bach strad 180s ML 25 37
Bach Strad 65 vindabona raw
Callet Grand prix .470
Chicago benge L bore
warburton 3 rims
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