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| Paxman single F alto with in-built Bb extension and stopping valve - again, wow!!! |
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Instrument Reference 1633 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone +44 (0)1452 536 264 for further information  Go and find another one of these - or don't! This is a specialist high register instrument, designed exclusively for repertoire such as the high horn parts of Bach and Handel. To maximise its usefulness it also encorporates an in-built Bb extension and a stopping valve. The Bb extension is to give a good, warm-sounding top F and G, 3rd space C and 1st space F. It's fitted with a large bell (to warm up the somewhat harsh sound of the F alto horn) and is made in lacquered nickel-silver. It's lost a good bit of its lacquer but is in otherwise excellent condition. It was made in 1965 and originally cost £172 pounds, 3 shillings and nine pence! (We have the original invoice, which will come with the horn.) Needless to say, it'll cost you a little more than that now! It's a fine, pedigree instrument, 100% handmade and quite unique. And, of course, it plays superbly... £POA |