Copper Bell for Blessing Elkhart Flugelhorn

Description

Here is a nice copper bell from a Blessing flugelhorn.  The engraving reads:  Blessing, USA.  I’ve had this quite a while and I got it while Blessing was still in production in Elkhart.  It is just a hair over 16 inches long.  The bell flare is 6  inches.  The distance from the tail to the bell stem is about 5 3/4 inches from inside to inside and from the back of the bow to the end of the ferrule is about 5 3/4 inches.  I gave it a careful hand polishing for the photos but note there is NO lacquer so it will tarnish if not kept polished.  There are a couple of dents in the bell flare and there is a scrape on the side of the bow.  There is solder from where it had been mounted to the rest of the horn.