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Originally Posted by oldlou  Well, Morris, you goaded me into digging through my 'accumilation' to find my 'Super Deluxe' cornet, which is one of the 90 series horns, not the 80 'deluxe' grade. Measuring with a Mitutoyo dial calipe, I find the I.D. of the second valve tuning slide to be a nominal .460" +/- .002" ...
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When a Getzen Super Deluxe has what appears to be a copper leadpipe, is it pure copper? Or is the leadpipe copper-plated over brass?
And on those samples where the bell looks copper, is the bell pure copper? Or is the bell copper-plated over brass?
- Morris