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I need two St. Petersburg complete rotor units. I need them to be a 1st and 2nd valve, if at all possible. Brass is best; that cruddy nickel plate is okay but I will have to sand it off.

I have money and stuff to offer in trade. Let me know what you have and your price, as well as something you might want in trade.

These *must* be normal bottom-loading valves and not the current top-loaders, and they need to include 1st and 2nd cases, rotors, rear bearing plates, rear caps, as well as the cork plates (with screws), and stop arms (with screws).

IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A ST. PETE 2ND SLIDE CROOK I'LL TAKE IT!

Thanks!

TE has been nice to me, seem to bank parts, and always have offered me reasonable prices...

...A few months ago, I had to fix one of those with tons of broken 1-piece braces... They sent more than I requested, and didn't charge much..

Yep. That's where I got these. I'm trying to go as cheap as possible, so looking for used first,

If you would like to remove the nickelplate without sanding and potentially breathing nickel dust, I would recommend dipping the brass components in hydrachloric or nitric acid at high concentration 20% to H2O for a couple min and it should go to bare brass.

Anderson has stripped nickel as well as chrome-and-nickel for me.

Yes...rotor bodies, and it has never eaten away at casing base metal interiors.

Further, they were nice clean jobs...and affordable.

sugg. strategy: (assuming someone has these to sell to you)
Buff out some no-longer-wanted mouthpieces and have them plate them on the same shipment. SELL those, and come out way AHEAD - rather than a cost. (When I send them stuff, I almost always do that. )

(Lately, I've been SELLING no-longer-needed things, when I want to buy things that cost more than casual money...most recent example: my flugabone.)

Anderson has stripped nickel as well as chrome-and-nickel for me.

Yes...rotor bodies, and it has never eaten away at casing base metal interiors.

Further, they were nice clean jobs...and affordable.

sugg. strategy: (assuming someone has these to sell to you)
Buff out some no-longer-wanted mouthpieces and have them plate them on the same shipment. SELL those, and come out way AHEAD - rather than a cost. (When I send them stuff, I almost always do that. )

(Lately, I've been SELLING no-longer-needed things, when I want to buy things that cost more than casual money...a recent example: my flugabone...to buy a new/discontinued/clearance-priced bass sax case, enhancement hardware for it, the expensive c. 3-inch diameter bell pads, and materials to fabricate the shorter neck it needed)

I no longer need these valves. I fixed both of my old ones.

I could still use a 2nd slide crook from a St. Pete. Let me know if any of you have one of these!

the elephant wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:10 am I no longer need these valves. I fixed both of my old ones.

I could still use a 2nd slide crook from a St. Pete. Let me know if any of you have one of these!

You've probably seen this, but the 2nd valve slide is available here for the low price of only $75!

Ebay St. Pete Parts

A new one is about $20. That guy is high on something.