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Indian · 05-14-2008, 09:13 PM

Yea CONN LOYALIST !!!!!!!!!!!! A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO Christine !!!!!!

I have several 80A versions from 1917 to the fifties. They are great fun to play. I have an 81A and it is the large bore and very open to play. None of my other 80A cornets have a bore that large. The hourglass slide is a little different than my other horns but it could just be a period difference versus a model difference. The 81A is silver with lots of engraving and gold trim. Very fancy. The valves fell a little loose and some plating is missing but the horn plays very well and does not seem to have any appreciable air leakage. It came with an artist star on the middle valve and all the slides as well as a case and mute. The case had a spot to clamp the mute in. it also came with the cleaning rod two mouthpieces and metal oiler full of skunky valve oil. Unfortunately it was missing the mechanical pitch change mechanism. Alas !!!!

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Indian Pianissimo User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 68	Re: Conn 80A (81A) Cornet questions Yea CONN LOYALIST !!!!!!!!!!!! A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO Christine !!!!!! I have several 80A versions from 1917 to the fifties. They are great fun to play. I have an 81A and it is the large bore and very open to play. None of my other 80A cornets have a bore that large. The hourglass slide is a little different than my other horns but it could just be a period difference versus a model difference. The 81A is silver with lots of engraving and gold trim. Very fancy. The valves fell a little loose and some plating is missing but the horn plays very well and does not seem to have any appreciable air leakage. It came with an artist star on the middle valve and all the slides as well as a case and mute. The case had a spot to clamp the mute in. it also came with the cleaning rod two mouthpieces and metal oiler full of skunky valve oil. Unfortunately it was missing the mechanical pitch change mechanism. Alas !!!! __________________ Rob, King Liberty SilverTone (3) King Liberty (7) Super 20 (2) Conn Vocabell 40A - Conn 80A (6) - Conn 81A (1) - 22B - 4B Symphony Conn 16B (Coprion Bell) Holton French LeBlanc (1) - Al Hirt 550 Olds Studio (1) - Special (1)