HAWKES & Son hand horn conversion with 8 crooks and an adaptor for A 430
£1,690.00
MAKER: HAWKES & Son
MODEL: Class A 'Excelsior Sonorous',
converted/adapted from a Hawkes & Son
piston horn whose valves had worn
out beyond affordable repair.
Serial number: 43414
Year of manufacture: 1920-1921
Eight crooks and an adaptor / extension for A430:
• HAWKES original crooks for F and Eb;
COUESNON original crooks for A, Ab, G, E,
D and C basso. The Ab, E and C basso crooks are in
'nearly new' condition.
• The internal taper of the horn's receiver is
compatible with Paxman crooks from 1982-1990s, and
Webb-Halstead crooks and couplers 1988-2014.
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accepting no responsibility as a principal.