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ALEXANDER 97, 1970s
£2,500.00
Maker: ALEXANDER
Model: 97
Type: Bb/A+/F extension: the F extension is activated by
a 5th rotor, operated by the little finger, 'Sansone'-style.
Bell throat profile: medium
Alloy: unlacquered yellow brass, gold brass leadpipe.
Bell flare: detachable, very light in weight: 340gm.
Valve compression: excellent; all the rotors were nickel
plated recently.
Visual / cosmetic condition: good, with some small
signs that it is a used horn.
Case: used compact Atkinson / Marcus Bonna in good
condition.
Further details: an excellent example of this
versatile model, made in the 1970s, very lightweight
(2.34 kg), with a ringing, resonant sound.
The instrument is delightfully fluent in all registers,
and is as 'easy to play' as a horn can ever be!
It has 2 'JoyKeys' and an adjustable duck's foot /
flipper.
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