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Vintage Conn 4D: The Planets BellThis bell is a nice vintage yellow brass Conn 4D from 1965; serial number E62336. It has been delacquered, cleaned, and fitted with an Alexander ring. Seven planets, one representing each movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets, have been created and soldered onto the outer bell surface: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter (including 4 Galilean moons), Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The planets are made out of various alloys, including Nickel Silver, Red Brass,

An instrument case is not included

applique or cut-outs): POR

other than that a company made instruments in Germany and Czechoslovakia and the instruments were likely imported and stenciled with the Heinrich Zalzer name by other companies

and C-master crooks

While the bell displays marks of an active life

This particular bell has a wider inner diameter at the bell ring threads to match Conn 8D (and similar horns) sized bell throats

current mass after customization = 506g

The bell itself is from a Conn 4D that likely belonged to a school district in Evansville Indiana since 1962

Matt's Custom Horn Bells serial number: 25-003

The exact age of this bell flare is unknown

The wave design was inspired by the awesome woodblock print by the great Japanese artist Hokusai

which is typical of these light Conn bells

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