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KING 'FIDELIO'
£1,970.00
Maker: KING
Model: ‘Fidelio’
Type: F / Bb full double
Manufactured: approx 1979-1980
Bell throat: medium
Alloy: yellow brass
The main component of the 4th valve linkage, usually plastic on
this model, has been replaced by a much more durable solid brass rod.
Bell flare: detachable
Duck's foot / flipper
Visual / cosmetic condition: ‘generally good, but has seen some use’.
There is some missing, worn and scratched lacquer in the usual places
and where repairs and the bell conversion have been done.
Weight: quite lightweight for a full double with screw bell: 2.55 kg
Case: lightweight 'Paxman / MB style' with backpack straps, in 'much
used' condition.
Distance from finger hook to 4th valve lever: 11 cm.
NB: This is an important specification that is often neglected
or overlooked by horn sellers, makers and even some
teachers. The small hands of a young player usually cannot
cope with a left hand stretch that is too wide (although
there is some scope for a brass technician to re-
position either the finger hook, or, less easily, the 4th valve
lever).
Further details:
Designed by the legendary USA horn maker George
McCracken as a ‘free-blowing’ horn, this is an excellent,
sensitive instrument with a superb high register,
excellent rotor compression and a pure,
ringing tone; it is probably the best ‘sub £2K’
professional-quality instrument I’ve ever come
across!
It is also listed in the 'Intermediate' category on account of its fairly low
price.
I played exactly this model of King for several years in the English
Chamber Orchestra, when I was working on ‘scaling down’ the
heaviness of my sound, to 'fit in' with an orchestra that was smaller than
'full symphony' in size.
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