I picked up a 1941 model off ebay and it has a weird anomaly, maybe someone can explain. My tech is over-hauling it now but I have a picture from ebay.
The anomaly is that is has a forked Eb tone hole that has a copper plug welded on. My tech says it's original lacquer and there's no visible guard weld marks or any indication that the key-work ever existed.
Could this have been plugged at the factory using an older body tube? Serial number is 254001, the first model of 1941 according to the charts. Shouldn't affect the playing any, just thought I'd throw it out here and get some opinions.
Thanks,
Joe
You can see the weld on the left side of this picture:
The anomaly is that is has a forked Eb tone hole that has a copper plug welded on. My tech says it's original lacquer and there's no visible guard weld marks or any indication that the key-work ever existed.
Could this have been plugged at the factory using an older body tube? Serial number is 254001, the first model of 1941 according to the charts. Shouldn't affect the playing any, just thought I'd throw it out here and get some opinions.
Thanks,
Joe
You can see the weld on the left side of this picture: