Re: trying to decide
For tenors, I've got (I think) three King 615/Cleveland, two Bundy II's, one Conn director. (And a partridge in a pear tree). I'm pretty certain that one of the Kings and the Conn are pretty much ready to go. One of the Bundy II's is close. It's been a while since I've picked them up and given them a run-through. I don't like to dump horns that I wouldn't play myself, so I tend to tweak for a while until I'm happy with it. If I think the pads need replacement, I do that. If they are functional, have life left in them, and don't smell like a rotten mildewy case, I leave them alone. I'm a clean freak...
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Something interesting I noticed.. In the past week, I did a refurb for a friend's King Super 20 - (silver neck, brass bell). When I had it all apart to clean it, I took some measurements and comcluded that the Super 20 and 615 horns are basically the same darned thing except for the underslung octave on the 20 neck and some key design - particularly the LH pinky table on the 20 representing a more modern design. They sounded similar (with the 20's sterling neck lending it a little sweeter tone and a little less power).
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