Excellent Bach Strad from around 1966 This horn looks like it was made
yesterday Bach Stradivarius SN# 34870 MLV Vindabona 72/25 (Circa 1966) Recent Bob Reeves alignment
The Vindabona dual bore has a medium-large valve section and a smaller inner diameter (.453) on top of the main tuning slide for a dark, warm sound. The Vindabona was designed to create the sound of a rotary trumpet with the comfort and ease of conventional pistons instruments.
The lacquer is about 99% and all original. Comes with Original Case.459" Medium-large bore, yellow brass one-piece hand-hammered #37
bell, standard construction #25 mouth-pipe, monel pistons, Great Compression.
Valves and slides are perfect!
in the left hand contact area. Other than that the horn is a dream! SN# 34870 places the
Manufacture date around 1966. (one year Vincent Bach after the move from Mt Vernon) I think the trumpets were
made better around that time. Below are just a few reasons why
Valve Casings
It is generally understood that prior to S/N 121,7XX (approx. 1977), valve casings
were made from 2 pieces. The top part was made of nickel silver.
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The original heavy weight horn!)
This horn has Metal Valve guides
The metal (brass) valve guides were replaced with nylon plastic guides during the 1980's.
This was done for further cost/performance reasons.
Bell Construction - Thickness
On older Bach trumpets the bell thickness is tapered as the bell flares out.
Today, through modern manufacturing techniques, the bell thickness is much
more uniform, allowing for similar sound vs. daily manufacturing variations.
This is one reason why older Bach trumpets often have a different sound to them.
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