Holton bass trumpet valve slide

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Macbone1
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Holton bass trumpet valve slide

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Anyone have an idea how I can get ahold of a second valve slide for a Holton bass trumpet model T 180? Yellow brass, circa 1966. Thought I'd ask before taking apart the heating duct that mine fell into....don't ask...
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Might be a normal trumpet part, just twice as long. Might not the be the hardest thing to make if it's normal size tubing
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I don't know the bore size
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Someone does... or more accurately, someone has a pair of calipers somewhere :)
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A handyman will extract the little bugger from the heating duct tomorrow. I want to keep the horn all original.
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Re: Holton bass trumpet valve slide

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Macbone1 wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:59 pm A handyman will extract the little bugger from the heating duct tomorrow. I want to keep the horn all original.
Certainly cheaper than a stock vintage. And maybe they’ll find a diamond ring you can sell for the next horn.
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Re: Holton bass trumpet valve slide

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Thanks, nice thought but no diamond ring. The little fella is back in place on valve 2.
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