| Re: would you pay this much for a horn?
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Originally Posted by bigtiny  Did anybody else notice 1) the third valve regulator is mounted upside down (it's not just the slide upside down, the thing is actually soldered on upside down) and 2) the valves appear to be monel pistons. I don't think they had monel back when this horn was supposedly made, did they?
bigtiny | Bigtiny -- Interesting observations. According to Joe Lill's Benge site, Chicago 3rd-valve slide rings could be top or bottom mounted; unfortunately, Joe offers no photos illustrating the assembly differences. It's well known that Benge used nickel valves -- switching to monel in the mid '70s [post-15000 or so] a few years into the Anaheim period when they really started to ramp up production. Smokes says he doesn't know the horn's history -- suggesting two things: (1) he cannot guaranteed the horn to be "all original"; (2) he bought it at an estate sale for $150. Echoing TrentAustin words, buyer beware; or, as we used to say in the old country, caveat emptor. -James
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