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Re: Ridenour Libertas for jazz

Author: Ursa
Date: 2016-07-18 00:12

Stan, I have a metal Pan American 884N and once had a hard rubber 58N. The 58N was wonderful for jazz. Had I known what I know now, I'd had a tech adjust the key touches to better suit my hands--the configuration as-found was rather awkward; that's why I sold it.

For the time and trouble involved in scrounging up a single lever, you'd be better off just buying another Pan Am off of a leading Internet auction site. That's where I picked up the 58N--for just $29, and in near-mint condition, to boot.

Many--perhaps most--of the non-wooden Pan Ams that don't have "Zyloid" inscribed on them are hard rubber, not plastic.

Honestly, that 58N was the next-best thing to a Centered Tone for Big Band. It could lay waste to a trumpet section.

Post Edited (2016-07-18 00:14)

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