View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
highscreamer Regular Member
Joined: 28 Jun 2013 Posts: 13 Location: The Woodlands, Texas
|
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:01 am Post subject: 1940's Strad - patched 2nd crook - add patch or new crook? |
|
|
All original 1940's Strad with a few patches on the horn. There is already a patch on the 2nd slide crook. Another pinhole developed away from the original patch. Is it better to add a second patch to keep the horn all original or replace the crook? _________________ Lou Gagliardi
HighScream Brass - highscream.com
HighScream Brass Brio and Dolce Models
Yamaha YTR-8335 LA Bb
1994 Bach Stradivarius 43 Sterling Silver / 25-O
Courtois 154R Flugelhorn
GR Mouthpieces: WB-Classic, WB-Studio-M |
|
Back to top |
|
|
kehaulani Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 9028 Location: Hawai`i - Texas
|
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:21 am Post subject: |
|
|
Well, I guess the real question is if you are a collector or not and if you intend to sell it or not.
If you're going to keep it, for me, it would be just a rhetorical question. and I would get a new slide replacement but one built like the original.
If you intend to resell it to finicky, high-end collectors then I defer to them. They are in a niche I have no interest in and they would look at it completely differently. _________________ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird
Yamaha 8310Z Bobby Shew trumpet
Benge 3X Trumpet
Benge 3X Cornet
Adams F-1 Flghn |
|
Back to top |
|
|
LittleRusty Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 12664 Location: Gardena, Ca
|
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
kehaulani wrote: | Well, I guess the real question is if you are a collector or not and if you intend to sell it or not.
If you're going to keep it, for me, it would be just a rhetorical question. and I would get a new slide replacement but one built like the original.
If you intend to resell it to finicky, high-end collectors then I defer to them. They are in a niche I have no interest in and they would look at it completely differently. |
Good advice, but I would like to add that this isn’t an either/or situation.
Get a copy made. And keep the original in case you ever decide to sell it. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
mafields627 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Nov 2001 Posts: 3776 Location: AL
|
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:26 am Post subject: |
|
|
Get a new slide and keep the old one in case you ever decide to sell it. _________________ --Matt--
No representation is made that the quality of this post is greater than the quality of that of any other poster. Oh, and get a teacher! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jon Arnold Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 2025
|
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: 1940's Strad - patched 2nd crook - add patch or new croo |
|
|
[quote="highscreamer"]All original 1940's Strad with a few patches on the horn. There is already a patch on the 2nd slide crook. Another pinhole developed away from the original patch. Is it better to add a second patch to keep the horn all original or replace the crook?[/quote]
I have a 1947 Strad that had a similar issue with the 2nd valve crook. Charlie Melk fixed it for me. He can make you a new 2nd slide. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
highscreamer Regular Member
Joined: 28 Jun 2013 Posts: 13 Location: The Woodlands, Texas
|
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:11 am Post subject: |
|
|
I actually found a set of matching sleeves/ferrules in Nickel-Silver and will make a duplicate slide so that the horn has playable durability and when/if the owner sells it, it will also come with the original slide.
Thanks everyone for your guidance. _________________ Lou Gagliardi
HighScream Brass - highscream.com
HighScream Brass Brio and Dolce Models
Yamaha YTR-8335 LA Bb
1994 Bach Stradivarius 43 Sterling Silver / 25-O
Courtois 154R Flugelhorn
GR Mouthpieces: WB-Classic, WB-Studio-M |
|
Back to top |
|
|
yourbrass Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Posts: 3636 Location: Pacifica, CA, USA
|
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: 1940's Strad - patched 2nd crook - add patch or new croo |
|
|
highscreamer wrote: | All original 1940's Strad with a few patches on the horn. There is already a patch on the 2nd slide crook. Another pinhole developed away from the original patch. Is it better to add a second patch to keep the horn all original or replace the crook? |
The answer depends on the condition of the metal. If there are spots all over the crook, indicating rot, I'd replace it. It won't lower value at all and will give the new owner, (or you) a second chance. _________________ "Strive for tone." -John Coppola
Edwards X-13
ACB MV3C /ACB A1/26 backbore
https://yourbrass.com/ |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|