Up for sale are my prized valves. I bought these from Brassark mounted on a Bach 50 with silver plated bell and tuning slide. They were assembled by Chuck McAlexander at Brasslab in 2001; the valves themselves date from 1989. Check out the sweet one-piece, 3D bent crook out of the F valve. I have since mounted a few bells to it and gone through a couple different tuning slides and many slides. As they sit now, they have OE Thayer bell mounts in a pretty standard spacing and a Bach 50 slide and tuning slide receiver.

I bought them very leaky, so I took them to Benn Hannson, who worked his Thayer magic (with original tools) and brought them back to spec over several hours of work. Before, the valves sounded good but weren't especially fun to play. Now, I can honestly say they are the best sounding Thayer set I have played. I've spent time on many other axial horns, and while some are more even or more forgiving, none are as fun or with as much character/core to the sound below the staff as these.

They have been meticulously maintained, with a cleaning every couple weeks and only Ultra-Pure products applied. The lacquer is coming off in a few places, with some wear coming before me and some while I've owned them. There's also a nice ding in the F slide that came with the set... I was never bothered by it, but if you want I can get Sandhagen to take it out.

I have won a couple jobs and had great success with these valves, not to mention growing more as a player than on any other setup. I'm selling now because they are just a bit too specialized for the playing I am doing now in LA.

Previous buyer is going to sell them through me. Never left the house!

Asking for $2500.