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Tom,
Let us know how this turns out. I've owned a couple of brand new euphoniums over the past 8 years, and all of them eventually had these small micro scratches all over the horn that seemed to increase with age.. I don't know if these came from subtle rubbing against the inside the of the case or not....based on their location, I'm confident in saying that these scratches did not come from some damage while the instrument was outside of its case as I'm very careful with it and would remember if I had an encounter in some of the areas where these scratches appeared. You would never notice it unless you were fairly close, but I assumed that a polish wouldn't help here as that was for tarnish removal.
Anybody else had this problem? I wonder if these hard formed cases are the culprit? Come to think of it, the only horn I've seen that didn't have this problem was with one my section mates who has a fairly new Willson 2900...he got the one with the deluxe case. After about 3 years of use, his finish still looks brand new. Although the case is very nice, it isn't molded like the Yamaha and Besson cases I've used in the past.
- Scott
Euphoniums: Dillon 967, Monzani MZEP-1150S, Dillon 1067 (kid’s horn)
Bass Trombones: Greenhoe GB5-3G, Getzen 1052FDR, JP232
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