Gretsch Pathfinder Trumpet – Reconditioned – Original Case and Mouthpiece Bore. 444 – Serial# 51. Beautiful playing horn with 90% lacquer, I replaced a broken brace from an original Pedler Art model. This is a Harry Pedler Art stencil horn manufactured in 1948. Bottom sprung valves are smooth, excellent compression. Slides are all smooth, horn has small dinks and scratches and a little lacquer burn on the inside of the tuning slide receiver from the brace replacement and is overall in very good condition. Case is in good condition with good hinges and latches horn also comes with the original mouthpiece. UpYourBrass shop policies are to offer only inspected, repaired, thoroughly cleaned, detailed horns. Horn is dis-assembled and inspected, soaked in an organic de-greasing solution and scrubbed. Body, valves and components are treated in an organic chem clean with Tesch products (Tesch is recommended by NAPBIRT). Hand-lapped valves and chambers (This process can take up to an hour). Complete detail of all components, hot water scrubbed and prepped for assembly. Valves aligned, pads and springs replaced as needed. Play tested and final inspected before listing for sale. Clean your instrument regularly (especially lead-pipe and tuning slide) and have a chem-clean or ultrasonic clean done every two years. Vintage cases are all disinfected, cleaned and sanitized but there may be a residual horn smell in any old case. UpYourBrass Policies (please read). If you have any questions or problems with your instrument, please contact UYB first for any issues if needing to return an instrument for being not as described. The shipper will not offer any compensation unless these steps are taken. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Brass\Trumpets”. The seller is “upyourbrass” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Leadpipe Material: Brass
- Bore Size: .444
- Brand: Gretch
- Body Material: Brass
- Bell Material: Brass
- Valve Type: Piston
- Number of Valves: 3
- Instrument: Trumpet
- Model: Pathfinder
- Finish Material: Brass
- Bell Diameter: 4.5
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Experience Level: Advanced, Expert
- Finish: Lacquered
- Key: Bb