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Rath R8/R9 Leadpipe

Michael Rath Trombones (Rath Trombones)

£134.95

( International customers may be subject to import duties and taxes.) If this item is not currently in stock, the lead time is typically around 8 to 12 weeks. Michael Rath R8/R9 leadpipes are available in Standard, (A) more focused, (B) more open and (L) very large models. Rath R8/R9 9 Standard leadpipe for the R8 and R9 9A More focused than the standard 9 leadpipe 9B More open than the standard 9B. Most popular choice with dual bore bronze slides 9L More open than the 9B Particularly suitable for use with dual bore slides and /or large bass trombone mouthpieces

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The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as MICHAEL RATH BRASS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED, number 04233517. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Each instrument is constructed by hand in the Rath workshop in the north of England." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.