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A brilliant independent review leads to instant purchase of the fantastic Raw Brass Ray Farr flugel.

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A brilliant review by Jazzwise, the UK’s premier jazz magazine, has resulted in an instant purchase of the superb Ray Farr Signature Raw Brass flugel — by its reviewer!

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The instrument’s design and construction coupled with its intonation prompted the reviewer to get in touch straight away, and now there is yet another fully satisfied customer who plays perhaps the best flugel horn you can get your hands on.

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now there is yet another fully satisfied customer who plays perhaps the best flugel horn you can get your hands onRaw Brass

US success

Meanwhile, the sales in the USA of the Ray Farr Signature Raw Brass Flugel continue their upward trend.

County Instruments, the company behind the unique instrument, has appointed an agent and is currently in discussion with a number of retail outlets for the rights to distribute the instrument across the contiguous United States.

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