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[david robertson]

One thing I would say is that brass reeded Baritones can be a bit slow at the lower end. Dave Elliott improved mine significantly by adding springs that prevent the lower valves from opening more than they need
chris

I have actually employed the same trick on this one - I use the same 25 thou phosphor-bronze wire that I use for springs. I also just finished a New Model tenor in F, whose reeds are considerably bigger, and that one had springs fitted from new.

[StephenTx]

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And the winner is none other than myself a very happy CNET winner with winning bid of 1700 GBP. I of course was devouring every word of this discussion thread and went for it and the rest is history. I look at winning as simply obtaining the stewardship for the instrument for ever how long I am allowed to do so. Stephen in Texas
ps And in appreciation for finding out about the instrument on CNET I have made a donation to CNET.

Edited by StephenTx, 29 June 2012 - 05:36 PM.

[Chris Drinkwater]

And the winner is none other than myself a very happy CNET winner with winning bid of 1700 GBP. I of course was devouring every word of this discussion thread and went for it and the rest is history. I look at winning as simply obtaining the stewardship for the instrument for ever how long I am allowed to do so. Stephen in Texas
ps And in appreciation for finding out about the instrument on CNET I have made a donation to CNET.

Congrats, Stephen! I hope you spend many hours enjoying playing it, as I have been doing with my 1854 baritone. Being only 19 serial numbers apart, they are almost brothers.

Chris

[StephenTx]

Congrats, Stephen! I hope you spend many hours enjoying playing it, as I have been doing with my 1854 baritone. Being only 19 serial numbers apart, they are almost brothers.

Chris
[/quote]Thanks Chris....I am excited and will gladly receive and most likely look for advice in the future. As we say in Hawaii "where I am from" Mahalo brah
Stephen

Edited by StephenTx, 29 June 2012 - 05:52 PM.

[lilypads]

Loving this thread. My Wheatsone bari is #9399. I watched that Ebay auction with great interest, as it seemed identical to mine. I was kind of shocked that it went into the last day with no bids. Guess the action heated up there at the end.

[lilypads]

Loving this thread. My Wheatstone bari is #9399. I watched that Ebay auction with great interest, as it seemed identical to mine. I was kind of shocked that it went into the last day with no bids. Guess the action heated up there at the end.

[Dieppe]

I have a Wheatstone Baritone #3792, and it looks almost exactly the same! It's got such a wonderful lovely deep voice, but yeah it's not so good for fast playing. Definitely enjoy it! We call my Baritone "Barry" for obvious reasons, of course.

-Patrick