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PAXMAN 'STUDENTI' compensating double
£650.00
Maker: PAXMAN
Model: 'STUDENTI’
Type: compensating double in F/Bb
Bore/throat: medium
Alloy: lacquered yellow brass.
Cosmetic condition: very good; the lacquer in the
area where the left hand holds the horn is slightly
discoloured by tiny brown spots.
Distance from finger hook to Bb valve lever: 9.5 cm.
This is an important specification that is often
neglected or overlooked by horn sellers and even
some teachers. The small hands of a young player
sometimes simply cannot cope with a left hand
stretch that is too wide (although there is usually
some scope for a brass technician to move, slightly,
either the finger hook, or, less easily, the 4th valve
lever).
A new silver-plated mouthpiece, a generic copy of a
Bach #7, is supplied.
There is a water key, conventional type, on the
leadpipe.
Weight: 2.49 kg
Case: lightweight, in good condition.
Further details: The 'Studenti' compensator was
Paxman's 'flagship' Intermediate horn during the
period from approx. 1979-1995, when it was
discontinued, an unfortunate 'victim of its own
success' in terms of its financial viability compared
to the high workshop cost of making it.
Used examples in very good condition, such as this one,
are currently highly regarded and recommended by
many teachers.
This iconic horn plays beautifully over the
whole range, and is totally recommendable.
It has a full, round, centred tone,
excellent intonation and, because of the
Bb side’s ‘freedom of blow’, very easy
pitching.
NB: the horn is currently housed with its owner,
Gerry Birch Music Services, near Canterbury,
Kent, UK. It was fully overhauled and serviced in the
GBMS workshop very recently.
Contact information can be supplied on request.
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Halstead Music acts as an agent only,
accepting no responsibility as a principal.
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