Identify this slide?

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Identify this slide?

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Mystery .547 slide here. Anyone recognize it? There are no markings anywhere on it.
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Tom in San Francisco
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Bach Corp 16M
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Low end Bach? The gusset is Bach shaped, the oversleeves are expanded rather than soldered. The water key is bent.
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Blessing B88?
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Thanks, guys. I have concluded that it is a Courtois.

I bought an Courtois AC280 "as is" trombone from QTE on eBay. The slide is clearly not original to the bell section. Bell is in new condition; slide has been played quite a bit and the tenon does not fit quite right. After examining photos of Courtois, I can see that this is some kind of Courtois slide...

And yes, Hyperbolica, these Courtois slides (AC280, AC420, etc) are modeled after Bach slides but somewhat "cheapified."
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