Reacting to something else that you said, a 15-in bell compensating E-flat may well be the best E-flat alternative for an F tuba, if someone is viewing an E-flat tuba as an F tuba alternative (though I personally never viewed E-flat tubas in that way). Sadly, once John Fletcher stuck a 19-in bell o...

I've spent a lot of time with the Besson 983, Willson 3400FA-5, Eastman EBE853, and the 3400 Capet. All of them are really nice tubas and there are more good examples then bad in my experience. The Besson, Willson, and Eastman are all pretty good "do-it-all" horns. As in, if I had to own j...

I mean it's been based out of the same office for 15 years. They have been threatening this for the better part of that time as well. I worked there for 3.5 years handling government sales and what's left of Jo-Ral.

Addendum, this was the York I was thinking of. Discussion: viewtopic.php?t=7463&hilit=york

Saw this one near me, kinda reminds me of a Yamaha YCB-822 with the fifth valve in a different spot. There was also a York on FB that looked awfully similar to this design, so I wonder if that was the instrument that inspired it. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1224987011811928/?ref=search...

I'm being totally serious here I would order 200 gig bags if they would make them in a couple different unique sizes and allow me to put a stencil name on them. I wonder what the minimum order it would take to get their attention? Honestly, they do OEM work for a lot of companies. I've got no clue ...

The issue is it seems to be a shame to simply throw out the old case. That's a large case, a lot of garbage, and it probably has use somewhere else. I just couldn't trust putting a 30+ pound horn in it, when it's definitely the reason the seams are opening up. Look up a textile recycling place or d...

FYI your photo link is set to restricted access. Make sure to set your sharing settings to "anyone with the link can view"

tubaing wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:01 pm What city are you in? I might be happy to come buy this

Frederick, but I am regularly down in Montgomery County.

Few more to go!

Bump for pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... drive_link

Are these Matt Walters builds? Those have some hallmarks of Martin Wilk's builds, but I'm not 100% certain. Martin really likes to make the leadpipe detachable from the valve body like on that York. A good example of something that we know was built by him is this little Conn that was listed for sa...

Not to be (too) pedantic but when I think "Kaiser" I think of really tall German tubas, so I assumed reading your ad that this would fit things like a Miraphone 190 kaiser BBb (~45" tall) or a Cerveny 601 kaiser BBb (~43" tall). Fair enough, but I would consider those both on th...

hrender wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:06 pm How tall of a horn would it accommodate?

My Rudy is 40" tall and was a little tight. I would not recommend buying it for anything taller.

Got a new bag for my Rudy, so I don't need this anymore. This bag is well worn and is missing it's accessory should strap and bell cover but works well.

SOLD

To go with my CC, it's too much of a "white whale" for me to let it go.

https://www.baltimorebrasscompany.com/p ... -tuba.aspx

Not my horn, but I have played it and would buy it if I had the funds.

These are severely underrated horns. Everyone I've played, piston or rotor, has been great. Also I think this was posted on this forum for a time as well by the owner.

Several Items sold, but a few more to go.

I am pretty certain this horn was sold at the conference. I know the owner doesn't get on here often. I will tell him log on and update everyone that has asked tomorrow at rehearsal.

Update from the owner: This horn was sold.