CF Boston Stencil Horn Silver F Mellophone Ser#132166 with Eb & D Attachments
CF Boston Stencil Horn Silver F Mellophone Ser#132166 with Eb & D Attachments. Instrument Condition: The overall physical condition of this used instrument is. Some dents and dings. This instrument is currently in. It has approximately 80-85% of the silver finish but it is tough to tell with the tarnish. We polished up part of the bell around the engraving and it cleaned off very easily (see pics). Medium general wear (visible surface scratches and wear and/or small-medium dents and dings). All the valves are in good working condition and all of the tuning slides are loose. Tuning Slide Info: This mello comes with its standard F tuning slide as well as the Eb attachment tuning slide and two extenders to make it D. Lead Pipe Condition: Medium general wear (visible surface scratches and wear and/or small-medium dents and dings) it has 4 or 5 metal patches (see pics). Back Bell Bow Condition. Has a light dent in the back bell bow with a small ding (See Pics). Minor dents and dings and minor bell. There are 4 or 5 metal patches on the lead pipe (see pics). There is also one metal patch on the wrap (see pics). No Mouthpiece is included, or other accessories. The Stand: If pictured, not included. Older Used Condition (Still usable but significant signs of physical wear) very very slight funk to it. Boston Made in Elkhart-Ind. USA (on the bell). Additional Info: This is a neat vintage mellophone! All of the tuning slides are loose which is cool because with all the extra tuning slides and extenders you can play in F, Eb or D. There are multiple metal patch spots so please see pictures. The horn plays well and should clean up nicely if you want to polish it up. We took a minute to polish up around the engraving on the bell and it came off easily. These types of mellophones are really cool vintage horns! A fellow eBayer sent in this information about the horn: This is likely a stencil of the Pan America made model 62E, vintage circa 1939. CF Boston was a brand of Carl Fischer’s, Boston store. Please take advantage of all the pictures we have taken. It is important to us that you receive exactly what you expect. We take great pride in full disclosure. All used Instruments have some wear, and the pictures are of the actual item. We try to disclose everything we know about our instruments. These are all used instruments and physical condition, play-ability, and grading are our own personal opinion and are subjective. We want to get you what you want at the best price possible. Incomplete Return: The item will be inspected upon return and if any original parts or pieces are missing you will be contacted to send the missing items back. Take a full set of pictures so the damage can be assessed. Because you are the shipper, we cannot initiate a claim. Please use the original packing material and box. Please use original packing material inside the case around the item. Once the item is received, we will conduct a physical inspection. We have some fantastic new help in our upload department and will be loading hundreds of our lower priced repairable and parts inventory in the months to come. Please bookmark and keep checking our ads. A wide variety of musical instrument items will now be added every week. The item “CF Boston Stencil Horn Silver F Mellophone Ser#132166 with Eb & D Attachments” is in sale since Saturday, December 28, 2019. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Brass\Mellophones”. The seller is “musicalinstrumentcity” and is located in Rangeley, Maine. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Uruguay, Russian federation.