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et2martini
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:14 pm    Post subject: Conn Voca Bell trumpet Reply with quote

I just bought a vocabell trumpet and it's missing 1 art deco style button. Does anyone know where I can buy a replacement. Thanks in advance Hector.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll reiterate what I told another forum poster looking for a Conn 28A first valve trigger mechanism:

I suppose Allied Supply might be a place to start, although you have to ask a professional technician to check their catalog (they don't let non-pro retail buyers in). I'm not sure they'd have something that old, though.

Other than that, you could check with the nationally-known brass restoration experts and see if they happen to have spares. I'm thinking Mark Metzler, Robb Stewart, Josh Landress, Charlie Melk, Rich Ita, etc.
(FYI, Mark Metzler was able to provide a finger button for my Conn 38A cornet.)

Beyond that, someone might be able to fabricate replacement parts. (This kind of need might be well-addressed by a 3-D printing application - perhaps someone will see an opportunity here!)
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A machinist who is good with a metal lathe could also probably crank one out in short order, as long as they have one to copy and some brass stock.
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