I acquired it about a month ago after monitoring ebay, gumtree, preloved, marktplaats etc for about 2 years and making several unsuccessful bids.
I saw on ebay an instrument which i thought had been on sale for several years at a very high price but was now a high price and i made a reasonable offer sight unseen because i cannot be bothered to traipse down to london, this offer was accepted but it turned out that the instrument was nor the one i thought but was an instrument which i had sold several years ago
The cosmetic condition was poor, the seller did offer me my money back, but i think i can do mechanical jobs and cosmetics, not tuning, it says concert instrument on the reed blocks so i think they should be original
I have sorted thr bass pistons which was s nightmare, thank jim for your tip.
I need a scandalli badge it says "marotta" on the existing badge ? and up to a full set of black key tops, if i cant get key tops i will have ro refinish the existing ones
Then its just polishing
Cm