From looking at some pictures of other of the Capet Eb’s the thumb ring looks to have an adjustable link. My horn was a demo and didn’t actually have that part, which put the thumb ring uncomfortably close to the 5th valve trigger. I ended up making a part to relocate it more to my liking. But if ...

Wales was beautiful. Lots off fun little windy windie roads through the mountains. We were blessed with gorgeous weather too. Unfortunately I came down with a bug early in that phase of the trip, so never made it by. Next time....

I visited Quinn last August or so and at the time they had one demo Willson Eb and three or so new Eastmans. I had also planned on visiting Dan Oberloh while I was there. I did talk to him on the phone and learned his instruments for sale info isn’t kept up to date, and I got the impression that ...

Someone mentioned F Sousaphones in a thread recently which reminded me of this horn. On Facebook Marketplace in Dallas. I don’t know the seller but he plays in a fun local Balkan Brass Band:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1V7Qg31FyY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

In playing condition Amati Kraslice F Helicon ...

The other left! :tuba:


Right!


I have always been notoriously bad with left and right. Thank you both so much for straightening all that out.

Visited an early bronze age copper mine today, that was only discovered in 1987 or so. Think limestone riddled with miles of tunnels dug by hand ...

I have the 3400S-FA5 in lacquer which is the Gabriel Capet Eb and the one they seem to have currently at Quinn.

Has a lovely singing tone up high. This and its intonation and compact size are what sold me on it. It is a little brighter than the Norwegian Star.

It collects water in a couple ...

Thanks for your reply. My wife and I are sortof working our way around Wales going anti-clockwise, starting in Conwy (there now), then Portmerion, Brecon, then somewhere around Carleon and back home through London. We had a delightful drive over from Wolverhampton today, mostly on back roads.

Had ...

I happen to be visiting Wales in the UK next week. I am thinking about contacting Mister Tuba and seeing if I can visit. Can anyone here tell me anything about them?

Thanks!

Eric

Neat horn. Looks like that strap ring has quite a bit of wear. Any fun stories with this horn?

I have a Willson compact Eb that took most of the main tuning slide to get it in tune. That it has a way huge receiver and all I had were American shank mouthpieces didn’t help, but it was way more than that. I visited a couple of other folks locally who confirmed that it wasn’t just me and that it ...

For a one off job.. I would just use a triangular jewelers file to chase the threads.


That had crossed my mind also, but if someone local has the right mandrel it might come out a little better.

The other thing I could do is just email and ask them - duh! I sent them a question about ...

I have the above horn. One of the valve casings feels to have a little thread damage, so thinking to see if someone local has a die or mandrel to chase it. Anyone know what size it might be? Pitch is around 32 tpi or 0.8mm, and major diameter is 1.21” or a skosh under 31mm. Assume it is something ...

Went to TMEA for the first time last year and was totally amazed. Just about everything I could imagine was there, except for the Miraphone 494 Hagen. So I definitely second the suggestion.

And San Antonio is every Texan’s favorite city.

Eric

If you're interested in "instant pickup", those round stick-ons aren't terrible.


Think most of the stickons, and some of the built-in ones, are passive piezo electric pickups. Depending on what you are plugging into you may need a preamp. Basically whatever you are plugging into will need to ...

But I imagine feedback isn't at the top of the issues around amplifying a 12 string.


It depends on the stage and venue volume. There’s totally a feedback loop present from speaker to air to guitar top to stings with either kindof pickup. Most of our shows we do our own sound and keep our volume ...

I have a Martin D-16 that I had a Fishman under-saddle piezoelectric pickup installed in years ago. I gig with it about once a month and it’s been no trouble at all. It is active and takes a 9V battery which I replace about once a year. I think they give more of an acoustic guitar sound than the ...

I think it would be better to extend the mouth pipe and put a tune any note slide where the first slide is typically located. Additionally, it would be luxurious to have it self-centering with a spring system such as Reynolds used to install on the first slides of their tubas.


Control system ...

Any possibility of borrowing or renting near the destination?


In the upright bass world there’s a Rent-a-Bass site where (http://www.rentabass.com/) where individuals can offer or seek instruments for rental. The site isn’t involved in the actual transaction - it’s just a clearinghouse for ...

I like your suggestion to measure volume.

The other depth-like measurement that comes to mind might be to measure the depth to perhaps 50% of the i.d. of the rim. Which along with your depth to the throat diameter sortof gives a measure of the cup shape.

Fun stuff.

Eric

I’m in the process of getting a bag from Cronkhite for my Willson 3400S-FA5 (their compact Eb). As in your case they didn’t have a pattern for it, so I made all their measurements and sent them in. They replied saying the dimensions were really close to a Kanstul 902/5C, which fits in the bag made ...