Antique Musical Instruments/Gautrot Aine & co. trombone

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You gave me an excellent answer to my question. I do have a couple of other questions- Is it possible that the bell section of this instrument is solid silver? I have no idea how to tell but it does still have a nice "ping" to the bell when you tap it.  If I had this instrument overhauled, would you think it would hurt the value of it as far as an antique instrument goes?

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It is probably either silver plated brass, or german silver which is actually a type of brass.

As far are overhauling the instrument, it sort of depends on who wants it.  Some people don't like the age marks tampered with, others  believe that returning to as close to like new condition is desirable.

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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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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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