Fixed bell natural horn from Heinrich Zalzer bell

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Fixed bell natural horn from Heinrich Zalzer bellThis fixed bell natural horn is built around a beautiful old hand hammered bell with original hand engraving. The horn corpus reuses the entire bell tail and flare, bell brace, plus the original bell branch. All the other tubing and braces were fabricated here at Matt's Custom Horns using new materials. This horn has the following crooks: G, F, Eb, D, and C master crooks. The horn also has a center pull tuning slide. The bell engraving indicates

The tarnish can be removed and the horn brought to an attractive shine if you wish

which places the year of manufacture as 1970

bell brace

A-crook: $190

numerous shallow dents and heavy patina on the player facing side of the lead pipe

Hand stopping is easily accomplished

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Horns can be made to play from C-alto to C-basso in half steps

current mass after customization = 401g

Natural horns have a 30 day trial period

or can create a bespoke design based on your input

This is a rugged bell and takes heavy playing well