Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
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Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
I'm looking for a long 5th slide (silver plated) for my Willson 3400 Eb tuba....If you have one that you are not using please contact me....
Thanks,
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
Wow. I have not had that experience. He has always been more responsive. Sorry to hear that.bort2.0 wrote:It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
just curious:erdickman wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:20 am I'm looking for a long 5th slide (silver plated) for my Willson 3400 Eb tuba....If you have one that you are not using please contact me....
Thanks,
Has someone found the longer slide length to offer better intonation for (a quite often-requested pitch) "low F" (as 5-2-3-4 is quite sharp with most 5-valve tubas) ?
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
I forget, it may have been during the summer... which could also explain it.jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:56 amWow. I have not had that experience. He has always been more responsive. Sorry to hear that.bort2.0 wrote:It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
Although I have heard some saying before, to the effect of the Swiss make the most elegant watches in the world, except they all run slow.
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
Many Europeans have a different sense of time and urgency than most Americans expect.bort2.0 wrote: I forget, it may have been during the summer... which could also explain it.
Although I have heard some saying before, to the effect of the Swiss make the most elegant watches in the world, except they all run slow.
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
Regarding this, a European colleague once told me "you people [Americans] are f-ing nuts." 

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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb
[emoji38] I’ve heard similar things.bort2.0 wrote:Regarding this, a European colleague once told me "you people [Americans] are f-ing nuts."
Willson 3050S CC, Willson 3200S F, B&S PT-10, BMB 6/4 CC, Yamaclone JFF-303