This is a relatively rare horn and is ready to go!

Overhaul work & re-lacquering was complete by Van Laar in 2007 and had very little use from that owner- I bought it around 2017 and used it intermittently since; the horn shows very little wear throughout. It recently had a chem cleaning and lightly played since then.

I use Hetman's oil- #1 for valves, #5 for the third slide; standard lanolin on the other slides. Synthetic valve & cap washers for alignment.

Playing condition is great overall with very little negatives to say about it. The lacquer job was done very well, no runs or anything else to point out, and the engraving is crisp (the "New York USA..." on the bell flair is buffed away). One other interesting ‘mod’ on this horn is that, rather than moving the whole fixed third slide ring, they decided to leave in the original position and hard solder the ring closer to the valve block. This was very comfortable to me and I looked at it as an upgrade.

There is a fair amount of interesting history to dive into with Rudy Muck and this horn is a great example; Although not original vintage, I imagine it's the best variant out there for anybody in need of a great playing, vintage horn. I think the loose quote... "I like classic, so long that it's new" applies to this horn.

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