Bach New York Mercury#67 bell info needed?

improver · Heavyweight Member Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Posts: 732

I just picked up a Bach Mercury New York that has the same bell as a New York strad. 67 bell. Waht level horn is this and what is it worth#88xx serial. Thx

Crazy Finn · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject:

The Mercury line was a slightly lower line of instruments than the Stradivarius.

The "67" on the bell is not the model of the bell, but the postal code for the location of the Bach shop in New York. It was stamped on all Bach bells for some time.

Some places to check for imformation:

http://www.bachbrass.com/

Click on "Features" and go to "Bachology" for history.

Also -

http://www.bachloyalist.com/

is quite good.
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rockford · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:50 am Post subject:

Most of the Mercury models have a small bore .448 with a 31 bell and 6 leadpipe. The more valuable ones have a Bach valve sections that look similar to the Stradivarius valve sections.
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