https://www.facebook.com/share/9R9zacZMuLFFuBCp/ https://scontent.fijd1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t45.5328-4/458945024_530492872989795_3687004001136803547_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p720x720&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=247b10&_nc_ohc=TGdKkya9NTsQ7kNvgFPGQRA&_nc_ht=scontent.fijd1-1.fna&_nc_gid=ArWFxsY13r7hwnqhlPyX3Bp ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365107691630?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=e1prXHewSHa&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JAQAAOSwUrlm22hc/s-l1600.webp Thought this was kind of interesting. De Prins Bros. tuba imported by Walter Sear. This ...

Thanks all. A friend in Germany is helping me out with some nickel-silver and brass tubing of the size I need.

I have dealt with that seller before. Good guy.

Nearly pulled the trigger on this, but it looks like it needs quite a bit of work. https://musicgoround.com/locations/cockeysville-md/product/S000110751/Miraphone-KEY-OF-C-TUBA-4-VALVE-9886 https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-c3f06q9uvc/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/41252/324553/2ddc929a-1164-40e7 ...

https://www.facebook.com/share/y9M1xmaNZRN6hJEV/ https://scontent.fijd1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t45.5328-4/457503012_2375511039447667_6441160067630140487_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p960x960&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=247b10&_nc_ohc=hoeE6_zCTAMQ7kNvgHxa7O1&_nc_ht=scontent.fijd1-1.fna&oh=00_AYDCEegd53MKFWiXyY ...

I actually just loaned this to a local opera company for their production of Barber of Seville, so it will not be available until the end of October.

@Mikelynch, I just saw that a member of this board based out of Warren, OH is selling one on FB for $449. If you are a group member, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/EzPug2sZaFYNsuAn/

^ I was watching that, along with that wacky Walter Sear De Prins (guessing it was a CC).

Love those Winter cases. I have Mark's old Piggy case for my Piggy right now; fits great after doing just a bit of foamectomy surgery. But it's wooden and heavy and more for storage than transport. I have a Cronkhite bag that belonged to Michael Bush (RIP) for hauling it around. For the Alex CC, I ...

3/4 step 5th valve...?

tclements wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2024 2:33 pm HUH. I'm confused. I'm looking for the rotary model, which is the 4097 on the B&S web site. Noah has the tuba he has is a 4097. 'Splain, please?!?

You're right -- even the pics on Noah's site show the number on the tuba as 4197. His site has it mislabeled.

This is a 1950s Reynolds Contempora Eb sousaphone. Three valves, very light and nimble, super fun to play. All slides move, including top-facing 1st valve slide to tune on the fly. Valve plating is 100%. There is significant lacquer wear on the instrument and it looks like it lost a fight with a ...

Hi all, I am just a one-man show here in the historic Bean Hill district of Norwich, Connecticut. I do "play condition" repairs (still learning and getting better!) and sell tubas and other brass instruments at really reasonable prices. I also ship across the continental USA. Check out my ...

The tubas I play regularly number approximately four - Piggy for most stuff, Conn 36K sousaphone for outdoor stand-up gigs, King 2341 recording bell for outdoor sit-down gigs, and the Alex F for quintet and fiddling around with acrobatic stuff at home that I will probably never play in public ...

Put it on a band director Facebook page and refer to it as a Willson compact marching mellophone. That's what it was originally listed as—"mellophone/marching French horn." Ended up buying it, an 1890s Distin Eb tuba (great shape), and an old friction fit Conn 4H from the same seller. I know you o ...

bloke wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 8:15 am Put it on a band director Facebook page and refer to it as a Willson compact marching mellophone.

That's what it was originally listed as—"mellophone/marching French horn."

Ended up buying it, an 1890s Distin Eb tuba (great shape), and an old friction fit Conn 4H from the same seller.

Update: - got the leadpipe unbent - de-dented the 2nd valve slide - got the horn adapter unstuck from the receiver (ended up soldering a junk horn mouthpiece to it and using a vise and lots of penetrant) - got all the slides, valves, and valve caps unstuck - put it all back together - stuck a proper ...

https://www.facebook.com/share/oUrbHZBmSQKu8LKp/ https://scontent.fijd1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t45.5328-4/458399067_2713296162173791_8112138422480846098_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p720x720&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=247b10&_nc_ohc=CKnXBHiPrqsQ7kNvgGzGGaz&_nc_ht=scontent.fijd1-1.fna&_nc_gid=AGOhUGg_GewWdq3EcRge ...

I have to surface for air occasionally!