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Expert: - 9/10/2008


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A &B  Key change valve 80u on valve change part, scroll work
on bell flowers & vines serial # 12848.  Is it worth $800 to fix do you know anything about it?   Thank You

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Possibly a trumpet, but more likely a cornet.  Keefer were good horns in their day, but $800 is a lot of money.  So, I probably depends if you are fixing it up for yourself, then you can decide what it is worth to you.  But, if you are fixing it up to resell, you probably won't get your repair money back out of it.

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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