Anyone ever have someone offer to send a label? My loss I guess. I want to know what carrier they use that can ship a tuba box for $50🤣🤣 I usually offer to send labels through work. Since we ship so much these days we insure everything for replacement cost through at outside agency not UPS. Plus it ...

What rim do you have on the Houser?

Uwe Schneider has two listed for €7000.00

https://www.schneideruwe.de/tubashop.de ... LTONWIENER

https://www.schneideruwe.de/tubashop.de ... NDERWIENER

I had several questions regarding the valve wear so I added photos to the drive link. The condition of the valves is the main reason this horn is priced cheaply.
The worst of the wear is on 1 and 4, but the horn still has good compression and action with the right oil as previously mentioned.

THIS HORN HAS SOLD I saved this one from our parts graveyard from work. I put some time into it to pretty it up a little and get the gnarly dents out. I though about turning this into a little five valve pit monster, but decided to finally join the Eb club. I have a soft spot for these little Conns ...

Speaking of the G bugles, that's the one Kanstul line that BAC has recently restarted production of. It's been very streamlined (4 models instead of 10) and the prices are almost twice as high as Kanstul was selling them for, but they exist and the USMC drum and bugle corps replaced their Kanstuls ...

Three Valves wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 1:46 pm https://reverb.com/item/63903600-meinl- ... tenor-tuba

$4995.00

Thanks for that, I wasn't paying attention when I posted it.

Whoops, you'd think I would remember that with as much as we do at work on there.

This a cool looking Eb. I've liked most of the Gronitz horns I've played, but I've never checked one of these out.

https://reverb.com/item/5704067-gronitz ... utstanding

Not sure of any video or recording, but I believe Rex Martin used a Rudy 3/4 while subbing in the Chicago Symphony. In fact, that may have been the same horn that Andrew Hitz now owns.

Looks to be a good deal. https://www.ebay.com/itm/363951378131?hash=item54bd314ed3:g:gsAAAOSwF~ti~5OP&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkEzhF35uS78s1oJRQygbGPnlRbL9K7CoM%2FoAxjqCtM%2FiqaXr1ysj%2F52UTdiP0%2FSJ370omskw8pQod%2FuL1UVZfgJodLL5OaM%2F0Il61T551f4S0%2FPkZ8VzTSf9CYA%2BwO4%2FaXsBR ...

This is the same tuba as a ZO, just a different stencil.

Here's a link to a Japanese dealer for the horn: https://www.mikigakki.com/ec/pro/disp/F/PRC-JS?sFlg=2 (translation is in the top right of the webpage)