Comments on: Nickel vs. Monel: The Battle Rages On http://www.getzen.com/gazette/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Monel vs Stainless Steel - TrumpetMaster http://www.getzen.com/gazette/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/#comment-26567 Monel vs Stainless Steel - TrumpetMaster Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:16 +0000 http://www.getzen.com/gazette1/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/#comment-26567 [...] Monel vs Stainless Steel Getzen claims unequivocally that its nickel plated valves are the best Getzen Gazette Blog Archive Nickel vs. Monel: The Battle Rages On I'm not sure it makes much of a difference in practice if you care for your valves — two of my [...]

]]> By: John Baumchen http://www.getzen.com/gazette/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/#comment-26222 John Baumchen Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.getzen.com/gazette1/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/#comment-26222 Could you explain why some high end companies like Bauerfiend valves push Stainless Steel valves as being so much better then Nickel Silver or Monel? My only experince is with Jupiter Stainless Steel Valves and while I like them more then their monel valves they do not feel any where near as fast as my Nickel Silver valves on my Getzen 300 or other vintage trumpets likes Olds and Reynolds trumpet! Thanks for your time!

]]> By: Olaf-B. Brattegaard http://www.getzen.com/gazette/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/#comment-65 Olaf-B. Brattegaard Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:40:56 +0000 http://www.getzen.com/gazette1/2006/03/04/nickel-vs-monel-the-battle-rages-on/#comment-65 Have you compared monel and/or nickel against stainless steel pistons (like Bauerfeind)?

Result?

Yours sincerely,
Olaf in Oslo
(who visited your factory in Elkhorn november 2000, ans was kindly shown around by Mike Maas.)

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