Lacquer on early 80s 76H

elmsandr · by **elmsandr** » 2024-11-04 5:16 p.m.

Mid bore with F attachment, one of those little projects. If I were to try to strip and clean the lacquer, how much of a pain would that be? What type of lacquer is this, doesn’t look like the nasty thick orange stuff. Needs a bit of clean up and deciding if just stripping and polishing would be a better plan.

Cheers,

Andy

UATrombone · by **UATrombone** » 2024-11-06 5:44 p.m.

Is it 76H Century? AFAIK it is/was a straight horn.

What kind of F-attachment will fit it?

Posaunus · by **Posaunus** » 2024-11-06 6:32 p.m.

76H was apparently a recycled Conn model number (1920s and 1090s):

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https://cderksen.home.xs4all.nl/Conn76H1924image.html

<LINK_TEXT text="https://reverb.com/item/66326370-conn-7 ... ver-plated">https://reverb.com/item/66326370-conn-76h-1927-silver-plated</LINK_TEXT>

<LINK_TEXT text="viewtopic.php?p=127711#p127711">https://trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?p=127711#p127711</LINK_TEXT>

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The 76H "Century" was apparently only produced for a short while (~1983), and was not highly valued.

Burgerbob · by **Burgerbob** » 2024-11-06 6:34 p.m.

I just had one of those Centurys, very odd duck. Not the horn Elm is speaking of.

UATrombone · by **UATrombone** » 2024-11-06 6:44 p.m.

[quote="Posaunus"]76H was apparently a recycled Conn model number (1920s and 1090s):

The 76H "Century" was apparently only produced for a short while (~1983), and was not highly valued.[/quote]

I know that there were different models with this "name",

but, only Century was made in 80s...

That's why I've asked.

Maybe elmsandr meant 75H (which has an attachment)?

elmsandr · by **elmsandr** » 2024-11-06 9:24 p.m.

Could swear it was a 76, but I wasn’t wearing my readers… either way, the rose belled smaller F attachment horn.

What was the lacquer of the day for those? What kind of arsenal am I going to need to clean this thing up?

Andy

UATrombone · by **UATrombone** » 2024-11-07 4:28 a.m.

If it looks like this one it is 75H.

BGuttman · by **BGuttman** » 2024-11-07 8:28 a.m.

From the advent of the LustreConn finish it would be an epoxy lacquer since that was what both Conn and King have been using.

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