PhatmonB6

This one looks like it has seen its day. Is this one worth investing time and money into??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mt-Vernon-Bach-S...QQcmdZViewItem

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Bach Strad 180S37
Monette B2

Well, if I could play like Wynton (Marsalis), I wouldn't play like Wynton.
Chet Baker

P.K.Bloo

It would seem NOBODY thought it was worth the asking price, anyway. Wonder if it'll go up for bid again at a reduced price...

psalt

Interesingly the 3rd valve slide stop assembly is like an Elkhart trumpet and not a Mt.Vernon. I own a Mt.Vernon with a serial no only a few digits away and the stop assembly is the same as all Mt.Vernons I have seen.

Peter Salt

ADziuk

Not only that, it isn't a "REAL" Mt. Vernon. It was made in Mt. Vernon but Selmer had already bought Bach and taken over production.

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bandman

Please explain your post -- I don't understand why you say it isn't a real Mt. Vernon.

Bach was sold to Selmer in 1961, and an instrument with serial number 24620 dates to 1964, but they were still made in Mt. Vernon using the same tools and dyes.

Do you really think that the horns were that much different in quality over the 3-years following the Selmer Buy out?

I'm not arguing with you, but would love to hear more about why you feel this way.

By the way, I own a Strad made in the first 200 made in Elkhart and I would not trade it for two Mt. Vernon’s and your first-born child! It is a sweet playing horn.

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