| Well, you have to not pay so much attention to the name on the bell and instead see who made the horn! There is just no comparison between the old Mt. Vernon Bachs' and the new junk made by a big corporation.
Another example would be the old Conn 22B's and Constellations. The new 22B's are student level horns and aren't built well---but the old horns are hand built, pro level horns as good as they come. The new horns are built by a huge corporation (UMI), the old Conns were built by a small group of artists in Indiana.
Same with many of the grand old horns of the past---Benge, Olds, Conn, Bach, Selmer, etc.
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Gabriel is NOT a woodwind player! |