Originally Posted by oldlou

In my 'accumilation' of instruments I have an 'appearance clone' to Christines 77A. It is the Conn 16A, which is not to be found anywhere in the Conn Loyalist website listings. I see it as a poor attempt at a copy of the Olds Ambassador with VERY poorly designed top sprung valves. No matter how I clean and lube these wierd valves they are still sluggish. In most other ways, the little horn plays quite well. The tone is great, as is the intonation and centering. If it had better acting valves I would love it.


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