- fully beaded and combed. - projecting mounts are imitation ivory (speciality made Delrin product) and are threaded into place. - threaded metal stock ferrules are beaded and open while the 4 drone ferrules are beaded and closed. - threaded metal ring caps are beaded and include the bushing - tuning slides and mouthpiece tube are not threaded but are securely epoxied into place - the metal is available in either nickel, aluminum alloy, stainless steel or brass. - engraving patterns in either Celtic or Victorian