S.E. Shires Custom Medium Bore Tenor, Pre-owned. Has 2Y 8.5" Bell with Old Style Hand Engraved, 1990's. This is one of the original Steve Shires Make Bell Sections, is standard weight with unsoldered bead wire- Is like an 88H bell but in yellow brass. Has removable modular neckpipe, bell and tuning slide are compatible with all current Shires valve sections. Handslide is the nickel silver lightweight .525 bore T25NLW, standard width, and has one removable leadpipe, which takes large shank mouthpiece. The handslide is only a couple years old and has not been played on much, barely broken in. Like new tuning slide, and brand new balance weight. This is a very solid playing .525 plays big. Is hard for a listener to know that it is .525, especially with the larger mouthpiece. I tested with large shank Bach 5G, and it plays great. Would be an excellent first part orchestra, pops, film score type playing. Would also be a great medium-large bell jazz tenor. A fully loaded new Shires exactly like this sells new today in the $3500-3800 Range. Case not included.
