Vintage B.F. Kitching & Co. 2.5-Octave Glockenspiel Bells

Description

Up for sale is a vintage B.F. Kitching & Co. 2.5-octave
aluminum
bar glockenspiel. The bars are 1” wide and 3/8” in thickness. With putting in new felt, line, screws, and grommets, these bells sound great! See for yourself at the sound demo below!
**Does not come with stand, mallets, or anything else: just the instrument itself**
I thought about keeping this due to the rarity of the instrument, but I just have too many glocks lying around currently - looking to find a good home for this vintage set of bells!
The case has seen better days as some of the vinyl has been torn off. I patched up the case with gaffers tape, but it could also be re-wrapped in vinyl (or a new case altogether could be used). There are a few spots of minor wood splits in the frame pieces which can be seen in the pictures - these few spots do not affect the functionality nor the sound of the instrument, but should be noted nonetheless.
I put in new felt, new suspension line, new screws, new rubber grommets, cleaned the frame, and surface cleaned the bars. I leave it up to the new owner whether they want to deep clean the bars or not - they are a little dirty as is, with some light scratching and light denting throughout the bars (as can be seen in the pictures). With this being a used set of aluminum bells, the light denting and scratches is to be expected.
The bars are
very well in tune and were all checked with a tuner at A440. A few bars were maybe 5 cents flat or sharp, but that could very well be an accuracy issue of my tuner that I used.
Purchase options:
1) Local pickup in Belleville, IL 62220
2) Delivery/I'll meet you halfway from where you are up to 30 minutes away from Belleville, IL 62220
3) Buyer pays shipping
Feel free to ask any questions you have, and thanks for looking! Be sure to check out my other listings for other music and gaming items!
Sound Demo:
https://youtu.be/CrYW8B7ggUo