^ nice Bisher

I'm a fairly short guy with an even shorter torso (5'6" on a good day, and most of that is my legs). I do have long-ish arms, but the Thor was just too big for me, ergonomically. My old PT-6 (similar size instrument) didn't have as many physical barriers, for me. If the Thor had a lower mouthpipe ...

Yeah. I had a 3/4 Rudi at the same time I had a Miraphone 186, and there was a lot of overlap. The Miraphone was maybe 5% larger. The Rudi was really nice, but in comparing them, I ultimately stuck with the one with better intonation (186) even though I liked the Rudi sound better. Great horn. I'd ...

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Asking price is definitely a bit high… Making an offer looks to be possible. I’ve owned a bunch of former service band instruments. On occasion, they arrived with some odd, disabling “adjustments.” Nothing that couldn’t be easily undone. I’ve heard from former members that replacement criteria varie ...

- all four pistons/stems/finger buttons
- top caps
- bottom caps (?)
- fifth rotor
- rotor back cap/bearing plate/arm/screw
- all five tuning slides and MTS

At that price point of replacing everything, you're better off getting a complete used 1291.

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Three things that always kept me away from these models: - too tall - very awkward/cramping MW 5th valve thumb paddle placement - no comfortable place to rest your arm while slide pulling I suppose these issues could be remedied, but the stars never aligned for me to find one at the right price that ...

Nice to see you posting again, Hal.

arpthark wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:07 amI like it!

I should clarify, I don't $999 like it, but I do like it!

Yeah, lots of surplus prewar stuff. Maybe they have access to the Kaiser's secret stash.

I like it!

I have a King fourth valve and tubing that I have been waiting to use in the proper project. I really just need to bite the bullet and get a 1240 valveset to paste it onto and start messing around with it.

"Wulschner" = interesting. Never even heard of that stencil(?).

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re: silver brazing cracked tuning slide bows...

Do you grind the crack out, first? What's your method? How do you ensure the inside of the tube doesn't have any residual brazing material protruding into the airway?

Seller quickly took it down before I saw this post and could click buy it now:). I asked if it’s available and this is what the seller wrote: “ Yes but the price I listed is the wrong price. The tuba will be up for sale again soon after I check in with an appraiser :)” I had just put in an offer, to ...

I have a nice, six-year-old Bach 42BO for sale, if you are in the market for a newish large-bore tenor trombone. $1,500 includes USA shipping.