I’m looking for an old conn water key that goes on the 3rd valve tuning slide on my 20k
Somthing that resembles this
Old conn Water Key.
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Re: Old conn Water Key.
The B&S/M-W style water keys (made in Europe, and sold by Allied Supply) which are BRASS (vs. those that B&S buys from the same place - which are NICKEL) are NOT a match for those old beefy Conn sousaphone/tuba water keys, but come fairly close to resembling their size and style.
A dealer will have to sell you one (and you'll need to swap out the [included] saddle), but "from a galloping horse" OR... "when attached to a paint shaker", they look pretty similar to those large old Conn ones.
I might have one or more attached to some old 20K's that I might (??) be restoring, but that's MONTHS away, and I'm not going to tear those off IF or UNTIL I find out that they deal has gone through.
(The reason why I MIGHT end up swapping those out is anticipated school damage, and - when cannabis-stupored children tear the water keys off - I'd PREFER to be able to grab currently-made exact matches as replacements.)
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A dealer will have to sell you one (and you'll need to swap out the [included] saddle), but "from a galloping horse" OR... "when attached to a paint shaker", they look pretty similar to those large old Conn ones.
I might have one or more attached to some old 20K's that I might (??) be restoring, but that's MONTHS away, and I'm not going to tear those off IF or UNTIL I find out that they deal has gone through.
(The reason why I MIGHT end up swapping those out is anticipated school damage, and - when cannabis-stupored children tear the water keys off - I'd PREFER to be able to grab currently-made exact matches as replacements.)