You have to wonder with that far so below market price if this one had poor slide alignment or valve issues which some of these suffer from. I didn’t see any in depth description of the horn. You’d assume a Music Store wouldn’t sell at such a low price to current market value just to turn it ...

Anyone in the greater bay area have relatively cheap student BBb tuba they would be willing to part with?

It would end up as a home practice horn for a student (San Jose area, if you know the way... (that joke has not yet gotten old)) whose school apparently upgraded to a tuba that doesn't fit in ...

pictures would be awesome.

man this makes me miss tinkering with junk horns, the prices of everything has gone up so much its not really easy to justify buying more tubas.

Location: Oregon
Budget: ~$2,000
I am looking for either a 3/4 or 4/4 Kanstul convertible marching tuba. I am a hobby player who currently has a Jupiter Quantum MK1 prototype (the ones Phantom Regiment used in 2009 with the removable bell) and it's just a bit too much horn for me. I played on one ...

I had one of these in highschool, not the best but better than the Couesnon tuba i started on

Sent a message and didn't hear back, bummer.
Congrats on whoever got the deal

tadawson wrote: Sun Aug 10, 2025 8:56 pm Anything is possible, but considering that the first valve is on the bottom, it certainly would not be trivial.

i understand the valve section and branches would need to be reconfigured but what im wondering is how much of this horn is king 2341 and how much is one off parts.

how does this compare to a king 2340?

cant help but wonder if this can be converted back into a concert tuba.

i have one that needs some work, no cracks just D shaped on one side. pm me your number and ill send you some photos.

Worth maybe watching this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/205391032184?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=4JrYiO2ESsm&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=loz4dzWGTkS&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


Thanks for that. Another pretty big number and it’s not over yet…


These last few ebay 20js have ...

ThatStrangeTuba wrote: Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:45 am As much as I would love it, unfortunately my budget as shrank significantly since then, leaving me with only about ~$1000. I really appreciate it though!

pm sent

i sent an email before heading to Oregon over thanksgiving and i never heard back. ill try again but its short notice.

4. You want a large receiver? Put the Yamaha marching euph on it and use a bigger mp (lots of LA pros do that) - very cheap upgrade

Interesting, on the old forum I read a few threads where people used the King receiver for this upgrade, î just ordered a king receiver from my repair guy but if ...

i have seen his son post tubas on offerup in the paramount and Moreno valley area. Last i knew frank moved on to setting up a recording studio in his house (this was roughly 10 years ago). there seems to be quite a few resellers that have popped up in recent years to fill the void and drive up ...

The generic Wisconsin tube that comes the closest only makes it up to a 19mm bore.

It would be nice if they were to make a similar one that makes it up to a 19.5mm bore (ie. the approximate 20J bore size).
(ok...They do make one, but it's way too long to use on a 20J.)


Would you happen to have ...

replacement 20j leadpipes are still backordered at allied. is there another source for these? would something like ybb201-321 leadpipe be a close enough replacement? I see votaw tool offers a pitch filled leadpipe. has anybody used one if these with any success?
https://votawtool.com/collections ...

This seller is the son of the infamous frank from Moreno valley (aka riverside area). Cool horn but i would be weary of the seller.

I need to get back to it, but mine is more in the form of a complete bass trombone bell section, a bass trombone playing that isn't even the same make yet I'm did things to make it bolt to the bell section, and an alternative to the playing slide which is a four piston and two rotor rig which is ...