Originally Posted by
Dizzy
Hi there. New the forum. Comeback player after 30 years. Grew up playing cornet in the Salvation Army. Recently purchased a besson sovereign 967 eupho. I would like to change out the valve cap inserts for the black inserts from the besson prestige. I ordered these from England and they just arrived. Can anyone offer any tips on how to remove the original pearls. I am guessing they are glued in. I was thinking of heating them up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
On my 2001 Sovereign, I just ordered the complete gold plated buttons with black inserts and screwed them in in place of the Sovereign buttons. I also gold-plated the water keys and the valve caps (top and bottom). The lead pipe was changed over to a York Eminence 4052 lead pipe, so in the end, I had a horn that was essentially a Prestige without the trigger. I have since replaced it with an Adams E3 top-sprung prototype.
Here are pictures of that Sovereign:
Adams E3 0.60 Sterling bell - Prototype top sprung valves
Concord Band
Winchendon Winds
Townsend Military Band