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GERHARD SCHNEIDER/BOOSEY & HAWKES 'Master Model' (based on the Alex 103 design)
£975.00
Maker: 'GERHARD SCHNEIDER'
(Germany)
Model: a generalised copy of a vintage Alexander
103, very similar to the Boosey & Hawkes
'Imperial', but made in the Hans Hoyer factory in
the former East Germany.
'Gerhard Schneider' is a stencil name only.
The bell throat is engraved ‘sponsored
by Boosey & Hawkes, made in GDR’.
Serial number: 198602 M
Type: F / Bb full double
Bell throat profile: medium
Alloy: silver-plated brass
Water key: conventional type, on the leadpipe.
There is a 'socket' fitted for a duck's-foot, but the foot
itself is not supplied.
Case: original, in good condition.
Further details: a very good example of this robustly-
made Alexander 103 copy with a central / cylindrical
bore of 11.9 mm, which is smaller than the modern
Alexander bore of 12.1 mm.
Its silver plate is in excellent condition apart from
some scratches on the 'back' of the bell throat/
flare, and some wear inside the bell flare.
Although slightly on the heavy side, (2.65 kg) it has a more
compact shape than some modern 'Intermediate' horns
such as the Yamaha 567 or the Holton 378.
It has quite a comfortable left hand position, with its thumb-
plate at a more ergonomically correct angle than that which
is sometimes found on this model.
The horn plays with a ringing sonority and well-
centred notes over the entire range, especially on the
Bb side.
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Halstead Music acts as an agent only,
accepting no responsibility as a principal.
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