david robertson Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenTx Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) 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 June 29, 2012 by StephenTx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenTx Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) 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 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 brahStephen Edited June 29, 2012 by StephenTx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypads Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypads Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieppe Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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