CONN Connstellation 28A

BSTRUMPET85 · Regular Member Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 98

Does anyone know where I can find a Conn Connstellation 28A long cornet. Any help would be Good. Thanks

plp · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:

I got mine on ebay, but I think I got really lucky. Great condition, good valves, and the laquer is probably 90 per cent.

Why a 28-A?

dan_ostler · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject:

Got mine on eBay too.................I have a theory that the 28As you find on eBay are in much better shape and maybe even $300 cheaper than the corresponding 38B.
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Bill Scott · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:06 am Post subject:

There's one on e-bay now. I don't have the URL, just go to 'instruments', 'brass' and 'cornet,trumpet'---put in 'Conn' in the search engine. It was listed within the last day or two.
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Robert Rowe · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

Yes -- go to eBay or The Marketplace here at TH.

I picked-up a couple 28A's and one 38B, at modest prices. Prices are amazingly related / predicated upon "lacquer condition (%)". As I loathe lacquer-finish, I consider my purchases extremely high-value acquisitions.

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