billy_shines
178 posts
Mar 09, 2012
7:03 PM
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scored another one. same key G. box is beautiful the first one i had to throw the box out stunk to high hell. the first one i got was much lower than a 354 marine band. but this one is weird in some kind of weird tuning solo tuned?
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barbequebob
1825 posts
Mar 10, 2012
7:28 AM
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That may be one that in the USA, was known as the School Band/Marine Band Soloist model, which was discontinued in 1975, and what you may have is one that is solo tuned (meaning tuned the same was a chromatic minus the slide) that was known as Tenor C tuned and the SB models came in more keys besides C.
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billy_shines
179 posts
Mar 10, 2012
12:27 PM
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nah i just checked it its not solo tuned. they are both low G much lower than a marine band 364 in G. the first one i got seemed to have a new box but it was beat and smelled i threw it out. the first one has stiff reeds that require some work like the 364 marine band. but this second one with the nice box has a blue ribbon type sticker with art nouveau lettering that says real brass plates. theres no star on the back but this one plays effortlessly and when you chord almost sounds like a tremello. like it was speacial tuned in relationship to the reed next to it. its really responsive not stiff at all. im guessing its early 50s. but it completely blows the other one away which im guessing is the 60s sometime. but both are lower than the 364 G and i am happy with them.
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