**Now SOLD**
Thanks for the interest.
MP

Melton 551e Bb Euphonium for sale. England, UK. £2,500 (+ any shipping).

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Satin silver with gold plated top & bottom caps.
300mm ‘heavy’ gold-brass bell.
Could do with a clean, but is dent-free and quite lightly used as was always a doubling instrument for me.
I’ve played ...

£1,000 +any shipping (and "extras").

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Here is a really well playing 3+1 non -compensating Eb; very similar size to it's B&H Imperial or Besson Sovereign cousins.
Lightweight (7.4kg/16.3lb), without those long, complex compensating valves! 😀
Bell dia ...

For sale in England is my small B&H Eb compensating tuba dating from 1938. S/N: 153017
£3,000 GBP - happy to ship worldwide at cost

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Bell: 14"/355mm
Height: 31"/787mm
Weight: 15lb/6.8kg
Bore: .650"/16.5mm (internal dia. male 2nd valve slide)
Modern US shank receiver

This is a ...

Selling my lacquered 2018 Wessex Viverna 4/4 Bb. 5 valves (4+1) in VERY good condition - £3,000 GBP / $3,750 USD + any shipping.
Location: Hertfordshire, England
As can be seen in photos, the tuba is in excellent, lightly used condition. I am the second owner, and I believe the horn was made in 2018 ...

Anyone know if these have vented valves?


I asked Eastman about this and they said their rotors have a ‘slot’ or something built in that works like a vent.
Not sure I understand what happens - if the casing isn’t vented, where/how is the change in pressure being dissipated?
Anyone have real ...

Hi,
Those Elgar works do work well on comp Eb, sure!
Turn of C.20th here in England the tuba guys were all on F's as far as I know; mostly small Besson Comp models, and from v early in the 1900's Harry Barlow had his non-comp models made by B&H.
It wasn't until Fletch used his Eb in the 1960's that ...

Mark wrote: Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:41 pm If you are playing the whole opera, the opera music librarian should have a marked part for you.

Correct.

Hi chaps,
Any chance any of you fine folk have a PDF you might share of Wagner's Das Rheingold WITH useful markings on - Cues; timings; bits & bobs, etc?
Playing it soon with limited prep time...
I have a clean copy but that's as barren as a wotsit. Doesn't even have rehearsal figures.
Thanks for ...

For what it’s worth I’ll add my recommendation of both these products and the company.
Moving some support of your instrument away from fingers, and into the hand can seriously reduce tension.
A lot of us wrestle uncomfortable instruments so anything that might help is worth a go imo.
Enjoy,
MP

Hi, nothing scholarly to add, and I'm sure you aren't really looking for 'insight' into how to approach the Suites, but wanted to draw attention to two fantastic but v different cello recordings of the suites. Hopefully people may like them.

Peter Wispelwey: https://youtu.be/ycg6bfXgCFM?si ...

Which model BBb?

Have you tried lighter springs? Larger diameter buttons for less reach? Repositioning the thumb ring if using one?

On occasion I’ve added tabs on the fourth button for people to reduce reach.


Thanks for the replies.
My discomfort isn't too bad - I just want to keep it to a ...

Hi.
For those who've suffered with right hand &/or forearm discomfort; RSI; Tendinitis etc, how have you managed and minimised the issue?
I think my trouble is that I have smaller hands, and spend probably 75% of my playing on my 3+1 Eb. Then I pick up my piston Bb and my RH pinky is getting ...

tubaing wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:06 pm Looks like there's a BBb version too.

Interested - Do you have a link or source?
Thanks

I guess you're in the King version?
#56 is on the Trinity Board Grade 8 study list and I usually opt for it with students.
A great little piece and sits well on the Eb (that all my students use here in the UK!) =)

I may have come off wrong. The eastmans are very nice instruments, and the pros who play them are well deserving/earned thier positions.

I bought my son an eastman french horn last summer. But, i took him to dillon music and he played several horns that were in my price range for a teenager. The ...

I'll add that I'm not against expensive instruments, nor am I pro cheaper stuff.

I think the demand for the high dollar 6/4 horns is about the same.

Where the $10,000 York copies have made a difference is in those same college kids I mentioned above. Instead of buying a $10-12k European 4/4 or 5/4 CC for general playing purposes, they spend $10k on an “orchestral tuba ...

Also, your asking about a product made in a certain country. I believe the said certain country's business model is to steal tech, mass produce it, flood the market and drive everyone else out.

Seeing so many "top" people endorsing that product, and that product being available everywhere is ...

When you're thinking about buying a tuba, do you look for high level pros who are using it? I wouldn't, but I'm not very representative of the market, I guess. If people are really influenced like that, maybe the manufacturers get their money's worth when they donate instruments to such performers ...