King Silversonic Cornet
This instrument symbolises my trad jazz mid life crisis. I have
become somewhat obsessed with Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong and
Red Nichols so I decided to "invest" in a long model cornet.
This one was made by H N White and has a solid silver bell. It blows
very well and has the classic long model cornet sound when played
on a deep mouthpiece like the Bach 6. it allows for easy articualtion
but a nice small sound for small group playing.
I sent it away to have it overhauled:
- Amado water keys needed replaced as they are so badly put on
(I stuck to Amados and not going back to the originals).
- Receiver was worn and looks like a bodged replacement for the
older larger size (like Olds). It does not hold the mouthpiece
correctly so I I had a replacement fitted.
- Trigger was inefectual, so I had the mechanism adjusted.
- A few tiny dents were removed
- Whole instrument was silver plated to clean it up and preserve
it once the work was done.
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