Fidel

Two Ebay specials:-
Blessing Super Artist Trumpet (early 60s) - £100
Conn Victor 80A Cornet (1946) - £52
I guess no one else was looking. Both of these horns have valves and compression like new, I suspect the Conn has had a valve job. These are both fantastic classic instruments that blow the competition clean out of the water; to get this kind of quality from a new instrument would cost mega bucks. They are both large bore horns with incredible response,focus and tone. I took a gamble which paid off - bigtime.
Some may think large bore = harder to fill and maybe a bit woolly. This is not the case. Dark tone - yes thats true but the Blessing projects like a laser and the Conn has a big fat sound. Both of these instruments were a revelation to me. Their reputatation is well deserved.