GordonH

I think the issue is going to be "repeatability".
Mine is good but the next one in the batch might be rubbish.
We need to wait and see what happens with this batch that are being bought together.

I found someone in Hong Kong selling full size Bb rotaries. Inclusing postage and import duty it should work out at the equivalent of $220 so I have ordered one up just to see what happens. Stuff coming from China takes a long time in the post so I don't exepct anything soon.

It does have a first third trigger. Its the same as the one that some people sell in europe for around 500 euros. Its also 11mm bore compared to the 11.2 or 11.4 that a lot of the european manufacturers are using now. Most older trumpets have the 11mm bore size and a more compact sound.

Its always interesting to experiment with these things.
As I have said before, if it turns out to be rubbish I can sell it on Ebay and get a good bit of the money back.

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Thou melt'st my heart, my brain--thou movest, drawest, changest
them at will;" (Walt Whitman)