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RE: Old Boosey & Hawke

Author: AuUrsi
Date: 2010-11-27 02:26

Just talked to my repair shop, and it sounds like the "pot metal" keys are actually made out of pewter. Pewter is definitely much softer and less durable than brass keys (that's why there's fairly little common useage metalware left from the 1770s - it was mostly pewter and got deformed or otherwise banged up and then was remelted). I'm going to be very careful with the keys - doubt I could actually get a new set that would fit if B & H are anything like the wood Buffets (where the keys get tweaked to fit a particular horn). On the plus side, it sounds like I lucked out and got a decent Edgeware - the shop said the horn sounds better than its monetary value would indicate.

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