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Seller says the valves and casing are the same as Blessings Super Artist, and that Emil Blessing became famous for his skilled buildling of precision valves and casings. Many manufacturers would buy his parts.
OLDLOU: I just bought from another collector, a York Master Model trumpet in near mint condition. This is a very rare artist grade horn with a 4 7/8" rose brass bell, embellished with an inch wide nickel silver Krantz ring. From the serial # I found this horn to be of 1946 manufacture. A measurement of the second valve crook inner tubing shows the bore to be quite large,.462". The main tuning slide has a micrometer adjustment, just like that of King ,Reynolds,etc. This is a very fine horn and the palyability seems to justify the hype that York gave it in its day.
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