If you get a good one, some of the current 8Ds play reasonably well. I don't think I'd use the word "beautiful". There are a couple of things that bug me about them, the valves are designed for premature failure and there's no wire in the bead of the tank-like bell. Valve linkage is shoddy and sloppy feeling, gee I guess I could go on for awhile but heck, they're cheap. Buy one, play it for 3 or 4 years then offload it on an unsuspecting student and get a new one.
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