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I was scanning the forum for snap-in history and it seems that 1921 is commonly speculated to be the introduction of this feature.
I just picked up a tatty old 50K soprano with snaps. The interesting thing is that it has a mix of resonators with and without the 12/27/21 patent date. I can easily presume that during a later repad a number of the resonators were replaced for new ones.
Seeing as the horn predates 1921, the original set of snaps wouldn't have the patent date. Are these pre-patent snaps very common? Was there an even later period when the snaps didn't carry the patent date? Just for reference, the pads were correct, white, and metal-backed (and nasty).
Who else has come across a pre-1921 horn with snaps?
I just picked up a tatty old 50K soprano with snaps. The interesting thing is that it has a mix of resonators with and without the 12/27/21 patent date. I can easily presume that during a later repad a number of the resonators were replaced for new ones.
Seeing as the horn predates 1921, the original set of snaps wouldn't have the patent date. Are these pre-patent snaps very common? Was there an even later period when the snaps didn't carry the patent date? Just for reference, the pads were correct, white, and metal-backed (and nasty).
Who else has come across a pre-1921 horn with snaps?