I copy what Thomas has said about the Alex 164 currently at Alexander in Mainz. I played the tuba when I was there mid of february. With 17660 € as (compared that to other famous hand made tubas ) one would get a fully hand-made tuba based on sheet brass. Even the valve tubing is all handmade (bent ...

@ York-aholic

thanks for the info. would you be willing to sell the mouthpiece and if, what are you asking for ?

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Chris

York-aholic,

Sorry, I can not sent a PM. Would the MP fit into a todays American /European receiver ? I am interested in the Alex MP.

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chris

Thanks for the picture. I do Not Need the bore size.
It is what it is. You say the cup inner diameter is ca 30 mm ? These Alex mouthpiece had larger diameter shafts to fit the huge receivers especially on B Tuba. I am not sure what the status once was with F Tubas. Does the mouthpiece fit into an ...

@ york-aholic. sounds good. Attached is a picture of legacy Alex Mouthpieces (from Bort2.0 message). Looking foward to your reply.

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Chris

Hi,

for historic reasons I want to buy an original Gebr. Alexander Mouthpiece for F-tuba, preferrably a #30, 31 or F32 or potentially some of the grades. These mouthpieces are not available anymore and I am hoping that somewhere in some box, there are some left.

Dor your info, I have attached a ...

Depends on definition of „double tuba“ and I do not know what the overall definition for tuba is. But for french horns it is clear, and that should/could also apply to tuba.

Any combination of 2 pitches in one instrument, usually F (same length as an F tuba) and Bb, would be called a double (french ...

another Reisser Bb 4/4 in german ebay Kleinanzeigen…..

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/b-tuba-4-4/2704213696-74-7443

I have played on a Reisser 3/4 Bb Tuba 1980-1984 (at age of 14 years after having played clarinette for 4 years and the band needed a tuba player. And well as my father ...

Mike,
that is exactly what I meant (sorry for my english). Hearing what we might have lost, when everything is played on the basically same modern instruments….

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Chris

As also referenced by Louis (TheBerlinerTuba), here is a link to Jack Adler-McKean, tubist and researcher, who wrote very interesting articles about the history of the tuba and has a ton of sound samples playing serpent, ophicleide, vienna tuba, cimbasso, french C tuba, Eb Bombardon etc etc. on then ...

Hi Bort 2.0 and the new owner of the Alexander Mouthpiece Collection,

please find attached some specs of the Alexander Tuba Mouthpieces from a 1984 Gebr. Alexander Mainz catalogue. As this info is getting more and more difficult to come by, I thought sharing the specs of the mouthpieces might be ...

hi (admin),

I jus received a PM email by one of the members here. But I can not reply to the email (neither a „reply“ button nor anything else which would open a window to answer….).

Did I miss something in the settings etc ect ?

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chris

Hi,

has anyone played or owned the Alex 173 CC tuba ? How does it play and compare to a 163 CC. I have payed 163 and 164 Bb abd PT CC. I am considering buying a new CC (and as the 173 is out of the catalogue, I might have to resume the built at Alexander). Just want to have your opinion as I have ...