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jeirvine Veteran Member
Joined: 29 Apr 2022 Posts: 337 Location: Baltimore, MD USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:14 pm Post subject: Springs for Olds Trombone-style Water Valve Keys? |
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Does anyone have a good source for springs for Olds trombone-style water valve keys? None of the ones I see for sale seem to have the longer center bit like the originals. And the main slide spring is wider than the third slide spring. Any help in sourcing a pair would be much appreciated:
[/img] _________________ 1932 King Silvertone Artist Bore
1945 Buescher 400
1946 Olds Super
1947 Olds Super Cornet
1948 Couesnon flugelhorn
1951 Olds Special
1956 Martin Committee
1964 Olds Recording
1968 Bach 329 C
1996 Bach 37 |
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homebilly Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Dec 2010 Posts: 2198 Location: Venice, CA & Paris, France
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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that's a super looking Super _________________ ron meza (deadbeat jazz musician) & (TH 5 post ghost neighborhood watch ringleader)
waiting for Fed-Ex to deliver a $50 trumpet to my door. shipping was prepaid by seller of course!
http://ronmeza.com
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jeirvine Veteran Member
Joined: 29 Apr 2022 Posts: 337 Location: Baltimore, MD USA
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Not mine.
I found those pics on reverb. (And I'm not sure if those springs are original, either.) Mine is a '48 Special in need of an overhaul. _________________ 1932 King Silvertone Artist Bore
1945 Buescher 400
1946 Olds Super
1947 Olds Super Cornet
1948 Couesnon flugelhorn
1951 Olds Special
1956 Martin Committee
1964 Olds Recording
1968 Bach 329 C
1996 Bach 37 |
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LittleRusty Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 12664 Location: Gardena, Ca
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking due to the different color of the springs that one was not original. |
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stuartissimo Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2021 Posts: 990 Location: Europe
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2022 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried searching for trombone spare/replacement parts? Maybe some of those fit your Olds. _________________ 1975 Olds Recording trumpet
1997 Getzen 700SP trumpet
1955 Olds Super cornet
1939 Buescher 280 flugelhorn
AR Resonance mouthpieces |
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dr-pepp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 541 Location: Austin TX
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:10 am Post subject: |
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Looks like at least one of those photos is from one of my horns! Allied Supply sells a variety of springs for waterkeys, but they only sell to businesses. My guess is the ebay sellers that put together those kits of springs, felts and corks get them from Allied and then sell as a kit. The individual parts are not expensive when purchased in bulk, so there is a lot of mark up on those kits, but pretty tedious work to put those kits together and resell. You might message the seller of the kits and inquire about a modified kit to include a second (and smaller) trombone style waterkey spring. I'm sure they have some other springs on hand.
Any decent brass repair shop will likely have a large assortment of springs on hand and I'm sure they'd either put them on for you or sell you the right spring for the job. _________________ Clay Collins
Owner, Centex Brass
www.centexbrass.com
also administrator of Olds Central
www.olds-central.com |
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