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Buescher introduced the "Aristocrat Custom Built" line as its top model. The first Custom Built models were fitted with nickel-silver trim, bracing, and tubing; some of the premium features that set the model apart from the regular Aristocrat model.
Nickel silver is more durable and harder to damage than regular brass, so it's a good bracing material. It also resists corrosion better than brass and so is good for use in valve and tuning slides.
The receiver is a particularly good place to use nickel-silver; sometimes you see Buescher horns fitted with nickel-silver receivers or lead-pipe assemblies.
This one needed that; there are spots of red-rot all along the leadpipe. The patches on the leadpipe are probably repairs to the leadpipe where the red-rot had eaten through the metal. The red-rot stops at the nickel-silver crook - that's one reason nickel-silver's a valuable feature!
We met with our architect and builder today to review the first draft of our custom home. We are building 3 miles from my office and 20 minutes from Paulette's.