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ANBORG/'JOHN GREY' with Paxman 'Studenti'-style modified 4th valve, easily reachable
£250.00
'Maker': 'JOHN GREY'
Type: F/Bb compensating double,
incorporating the Paxman 'Studenti' 4th valve
layout.
'John Grey' is a 'stencil' name; the horn was
made in Italy, probably by Kalison, Orsi or
Rampone & Cazzani.
Similar fictitious maker's names often found on this
model include: Alliance, Anborg, Buisson, Getzen
and Viking; there may be others.
The general design of this type of
compensating double horn, dating back to at least
65 years ago, incorporates a 4th / 'change' F-Bb
valve that is nearly always notorious in its lever's rather
inconvenient placing for 'small to medium'
sized hands. However, the tubing design of this
horn incorporates a different 'routing' of the
tubes near the 4th valve, so that it can be reached
much more easily by the thumb.
This re-designed layout makes the horn quite similar to
a Paxman 'Studenti'.
Bore / Throat: medium
Alloy: unlacquered yellow-brass; nickel silver rotor caps
Bell flare: fixed
Valve compression: good on the Bb side; 'OK' on the F
side.
Mouthpiece: PHC silver plated 23 cup with gold plated
rim.
Visual / cosmetic condition: the horn ‘has seen a lot
of use’ and is visually quite tarnished in many
places.
This is reflected in its very inexpensive price.
Weight: 2.49 kg
Further details:
The horn comes with a hard case, rather visually shabby
but still functional.
The photos can be viewed in greater detail
by opening and saving them.
Halstead Music acts as an agent only,
accepting no responsibility as a principal.
Red Dragon I.T. Ltd.