arent these kinda known for being stuffy in the low register?

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I’ve tried one of these and it’s not good

Checkout the calendar for the Grant Park Festival Orchestra. It’s free and right downtown in the beautiful Pritzker Pavilion

Does anyone have any 0.750/19mm bore tubing and corresponding telescope outer tube they would be willing to sell?

Thanks!

These tubas are made out of tinfoil

I have finished the hard part of re-routing the 1st valve circuit to make room for the added fifth. I cut the long leg of the donor 1st valve circuit to make this work, and used the donor 2nd valve slide on it. I kept the outer slide leg from the original horn just so it looked more uniform. Here ...

It’s legit. The guy selling is a friend of a friend.

Can someone post the pictures? I think I was banned from that group because the admin thought I was a scammer

The tuba for sale on Facebook looks great! I only see a couple dents and a lovely patina?

Looks cool. Cool seeing your process.

Can’t say I have many Martin parts. But I would buy it as is if you ever wanted to.

York-aholic wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:17 pm Several months ago I ordered a thumb ring from a German company. When it arrived in the US, UPS sent me an email asking for the tariff amount. Once I paid UPS directly, the package continued on its journey to my porch.

Thanks!

Christian has been able to quote me the total cost.
When stuff arrives, no one has their hand out asking me to pay a tariff fee.

They don't just sell to anyone...and - to those of us to whom they sell - they will only ship directly to us, and will not "drop-ship" to our customers.

BTW (I just ...

Hello, has anyone bought parts from Miraphone or China and had to pay tariffs? Confused on how it works, and I haven’t ordered anything since they were implemented. I need to order some parts from overseas.

Thanks!

It’s an exact of a Miraphone 91. I had one, liked it a lot.

It’s right near me. And yeah, it’s been there what seems like forever.

It’s priced too high, especially for what it is. Kanstul didn’t make a whole lot of them, and you really roll the dice on how it plays.

If someone is really interested in it, I’d be happy to drive over there and try it out ...

Price?

IU is removing the euphonium teacher because of University budget cuts to the school of music. Great Hire, everyone is excited!

$12,000 for a pt-6 clone???

Why not get a used Pt-6 and save $2-5,000!?