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FINKE 'Americus', Model 68
£4,550.00
Maker: FINKE, Vlotho-Exter, Germany
Model: 68, 'AMERICUS'
Type: Full Double F/Bb or Bb/F with quick change
reversible 4th valve and multi-way adjustable thumb lever.
Age: 3.8 years
Bell throat profile: 'W' (Wide)
Alloy: body: lacquered gold brass; gold brass detachable Finke G3 leadpipe with 2 different mouthpiece receivers for UK/American and European/Alexander shank tapers; lightweight rotors made of a type of aerospace polycarbon; nickel silver rotor casings and tuning slide inner & outer legs.
Bell flare: detachable
Weight: 2.35 kg
Water keys: conventional type on the leadpipe and on the F horn loop.
Finger hook: adjustable
Case: 'Protec' in very good condition.
A superb lightweight free-blowing horn with 'Wide' bell taper, hand made in Germany by skilled craftspersons using top quality materials and parts made in the Finke workshop; I visited Vlotho recently and saw the superb Finke workmanship for myself.
The design and general architecture of this model is more innovative than the older Model 63 and also the more recent Model 65; the 68's wide F horn tuning slide 'embraces' the main slide rather like that of the Alexander Model 200.
Further details: a really wonderful and versatile hand-made double horn. The build quality and craftsmanship are superb. Every pitch is exactly where you expect it to be, the rotor action is smooth, light and positive, and the immense potential range of tonal shading is awesome.
By skilful use of the right hand, straightened and inserted more deeply into the MIDDLE of the bell, the wide throat can be 'converted', instantly and temporarily, to a Medium or Medium-Large size for greater clarity in the high register. This is a well-known and effective technique that can usefully be applied to all 'large' horns, e.g. Holton 179/279; Conn 8D; King 'Eroica'; Paxman 'L' and 'A'; Schmid 'W' and Finke 'M-L' bell flares.
A totally beautiful horn in every way.
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