contra-alto

Hello all, I have two high school students who, for their all-region auditions, are required to play an altissimo E (3 ledger lines). I have tried the "cheater" fingering of the over-blown A-key and it just won't work. The actual fingering combination is also unsuccessful. Both instruments...

Wanted: LeBlanc contra-alto paperclip model (not straight, which I cannot reach.) Price determined by condition. Recent sales on ebay were in the neighborhood of $1600 for instruments that needed minor adjustments, so I would see that as ballpark. Instruments needing major work, such as...