| I am not a trumpet tech, but I am a machine repairman. I would stay away from stainless. I have friends that build street rods and show bikes and every time they have used stainless bolts or nuts [because you can polish them and make it look like chrome],the bolts and nuts if put under any strss at all, the threads stretch and the bolts deform. Stainless is not a strong metal like most people think so I personally would go with hardened steel. If a qualified horn tech has better info please post, I do not want to miss lead anyone. also there are many grades of stainless and some stainless even rusts. old geezer Dave
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