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Re: Leblanc 430S - worth keeping, and for how much?

Author: Kalashnikirby
Date: 2018-05-06 15:44

Hank,
I've already talked with 2 teachers (1 of them a tech) about this instrument and feel competent enough to do the service on my own, so it's more about knowing whether this type of instrument is worth putting money and time into.
The crack is only superficial, but of course it might be dangerous for the instrument.
Also, as I've pointed out the bass already lasted through 2 concerts and all the problems that occured were rather due to a bad previous repair (no cork pads on register vents, so they stick, wrong pad heights on the lower part, shellac doesn't stick so well anymore...).
There's probably no way to gather the missing key, but for me, its fine, as I can just use lower RH G/D key as another workaround, too
Since the instrument was bought in Germany and I live there, I'll use Euros as a reference. Because of the strong dollar, 2000$ is ~1700€, which I feel is too much.

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