CONN 28D post-Elkhart

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£1,990.00

 

 

 

Maker: CONN

 

 

Model: 28D (post Elkhart)

 

 

Serial number: GD940107

 

 

 

Type: Full double in F/Bb

 

 

Alloy: lacquered yellow brass

 

 

Bell flare: fixed

 

  

Visual / cosmetic condition: good, with some lacquer

 

wear in the expected places. There is some

 

marbling on the 1st valve's tuning slide, whose

 

brace needs re-soldering; a very straightforward and

 

inexpensive job for a brass technician.

 

 

 

 

Water key: conventional type, on the leadpipe.

 

 

Original hard case.

 

 

More details:  The Conn 28D is much rarer than

 

the 'iconic' 8D. Its yellow brass construction gives

 

it a warmer sonority than the nickel silver 8D. 

 

Our current example is a very good ‘post Elkhart’

 

28D, very free-blowing and generally responsive,

 

with a nicely secure and 'slotted' high

 

register.

 

It has a distinguished pedigree, having been

 

played in the LSO by Jonathan Lipton, its

 

previous owner.   It displays all the 

 

Conn virtues: a potentially huge sound,

 

a wide dynamic range and 

 

superb legato.

 

 

 

Although a 'professional quality' instrument,

 

it is also listed in the 'intermediate' category,

 

owing to its 'below £2000' price.

 

 

 

 


  

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accepting no responsibility as a principal.

 

 

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CONN 28D post-Elkhart