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LIDL 'Walzen horn', silver plated
£395.00
Maker: JOSEF LIDL
F/Bb compensating double or ‘half
double’, formerly known as ‘Acustic’ model.
Place of manufacture: Brno, Moravia (former) Czech
Republic.
Bore/Throat size: medium
Alloy: silver plated brass
Bell flare: fixed; Weight: 2.55 kg
Case: in 'well-used but functional' condition.
Further details: this is the well-known, ingeniously
designed Lidl compensator, with its centrally placed
horizontal 4th valve rotor and its rather 'visually
bewildering' tuning slides.
It comes as something of a surprise to discover that
this model dates back to the late 1940s and was in fact
preceded by an almost identical German design, based
on the ‘Walzen’ or ‘Barrel’ horizontal change valve,
patented in 1925 by the renowned Hamburg horn
maker Carl Lehmann, supplier of horns to
George Szell and the Scottish National Orchestra in the
late 1930s.
This current Josef Lidl horn is in quite good shape
mechanically and acoustically. Visually/cosmetically,
however, it is rather blemished in a few places, but not
in a way that affects the way it plays.
Although not the 'prettiest' of horns, it plays really
well, being quite free-blowing on both the Bb and
the F sides.
Its high register is excellent, and it makes a
clear, rounded sound with the potential for tonal
variations and shadings.
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accepting no responsibility as a principal.
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