Three Valves wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:53 pm You made some handsome bags, pal!

Thank you!

This horn is back on the market! See above for reduced prices.

I have decided to keep my 184 BBb and let this one go to some lucky player.

Here they are together: https://photos.app.goo.gl/S9aUH42oFNUuPiMS9 - they look like siblings!

Sorry - I forgot to mark this one as sold. It is long gone.

And now this little VMI includes free shipping!

jtm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:00 pm It that a Bb 184 with it in the last picture?

Yes, sir.

Tubajug wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:01 pm Wow! That is quite the mish-mash of linkage!

Yeah, it is silly. But it works... so I will let the next owner straighten things out. Or not.

Here is a VMI-made BBb that is similar to the ubiquitous VMI 101. A great little player! Bell is 15 3/4", height is 38", and weight is a skimpy 16 lbs. Sounds nice; intonation is good. Valves are very good and good compression, slide all move but a couple are poorly aligned, and the valve mechanism ...

Thanks, Mike! They are going to take it to him.

A 3+1 Eb compensator is the way to go, IMO. They are really quite awesome.

I sold a tuba to a nice family in Mobile and it just showed up with some damage. Anyone know of a good repair tech within a reasonable distance?...

Anybody???...

It is a "Sanders Etude." Apparently, there are also some Chinese copies of this model floating around.

Here is a photo shoot I did today of my two Mirafone BBb tubas. https://photos.app.goo.gl/S9aUH42oFNUuPiMS9 These are younger siblings of the 186 BBb. They are a 185 (from 1975) on the left and a 184 (1973) on the right. They play similarly but with the 185 producing a bigger sound. Intonation is ...

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:37 am ...
Can you take a side by side photo of the two tubas? Will be a rare pairing that I think a lot of us would like to see

I have been thinking the same thing. Too bad I don't have an older 186 to include!

Now $4000 shipped in the US!

Well, after spending a few days playing my 185, I have decided to KEEP it. I will list my Mirafone 184 (BBb) soon. I think the 185 will be better at doing what I want it to do.

I have the Eb little brother to this model. Very well made sousa and plays great!

What a beauty!

FFFFFFHH is what you say when you catch yourself saying "F**k"...

For a 47 year old horn it looks like it was a doublers horn or at least always adult driven. Is the bag specifically tailored to this 185 - I ask wondering if you have the pattern for a 185 - I've got both a C & Bb 185 and thinking of getting a second bag so each would have their own. My 185 Bb ...

The Marzan is gone... so you should focus on this one !!