I scored this version (first version??) PM1 for very cheap: https://kowwrer.shop/Detail.aspx?id=1200295&z=ZQH&ll=https%3a%2f%2fcevidyamandir.com%2fzpes.php

Works very well, I like it much better than my Schlipf mute. Dampens better, tuning much better.

My question; When adding the pick-up mute ...

Great topic! As a trombone player I really had to let go of using legato tongue with legato (so using the valves now). I have a low tolerance for tuba's that have pitches that are all over the place. I am really not a fan of lipping things up and down.

Missing pitches in the mid range playing ...

I am interested!

Thanks! To me the horn sounds fuller and weighter with the thumb ring. In itself is quite substantial. When I bought it the cork was allmost completely gone. I recorked it and it stays put just fine.

I have not seen other 983’s with a thumb ring. That I noticed…. To me it sounds and plays better (fuller sound) than without a thumb ring. Was the thumb ring an extra or did everyone ditch theirs??

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Seen this one? See the 3:30 mark onwards

Thanks :). I got the inspiration for the trigger from your modifications to that big BBb! Nice and simple & light weight!

Cost where ok…
100 for the mpc rim and 200 for the other mods

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I wanted to share some modifications I have done to optimize the playing of this Besson.
- doug elliot screw rim made to fit a Wick 3L. I do not like the Wick rim and with the full DE setup it was tricky to play very soft and the lower was not as open as I would like. To me this mod is the best ...

Arnold Jacobs used to call his York a 5/4. I bought a BMB 6/4 CC that was advertised as a 5/4. My point being, these designations are kind of amorphous, so I can forgive someone not being super hip to the lingo.

These horns were made 70-60 years ago, so it seems plausible to me that Uncle Bob ...

arpthark wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 10:50 am Maybe I’m missing what’s implausible (besides no price listed)?

5/4, should be 6/4. Barn find?? Doesnt look restored….

Strange story, seems implausible: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Gf91vuTbE/?

Play with a half open spit valve?? Would that work?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a leather gig bag for my Eastman F-tuba EBF866 by Cronkhite. Unfortunately, they're not available in Germany. Does anyone have one they'd like to sell? Ideally, a new one...

Thanks!


Perhaps through this shop? https://www.brassatelierdewilde.nl/cronkhite-tuba-gig ...

Band directors (still today...??, only around here...??, only in the past...??) seem (seemed?) to view Lincolnshire Posey as "the ultimate band composition" (typical brag: "Our band performed Lincolnshire Posey 'at contest'.") I've never played it, and (admittedly) listening to it never held my ...

Hi @GerTuba , has this case been sold? I know it has been a while......

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(The Netherlands)

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TU series
n128 rim (32.5 mm)
P cup
Am16 shank (American/ Standard shank)

200 euro's excl. shipping (only Europe)

Verkaufe ich gerade bei #Kleinanzeigen. Wie findest du das?
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It just doesn’t work on your own. You either would have latge woofy sound, trying to fill everything up or have a more compact sound with clarity. I would go clarity…

I tried it with a lot of horns but never got there (very large sound, nimble, in tune and clarity). Something has to give…

Of the ...