Pedal C

From my experiance, those are two pretty different horns. If you can find a way to try both, that would be best. The Bach seems (to me, at least) to feel kind of "big," more like a larger horn (it takes a trumpet mouthpiece too). I've heard the Reeves folks say that it works well for people who mainly play Bb and fairly little pic. The Schilke has a more compact feel (and a cornet shank). Anyway, those are just my impressions. I've always been happy with my Schilke (although I actually prefer the Scherzer rotary, but I'd never heard of it when I got my pic).

I don't think Bach has much to do with the 196 pic. I think they just made a deal with the real manufacturers to put the Bach name on it.

I have no idea about the resale of the Bach. The Schilkes, in good shape, resell pretty well.

Jason.

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