Nice, but there are so many people here in Texas that seek out these lots, fix up the horns and resell them. If many more people bid, there goes the industry

These aren't tuba valves, but they do belong to a euphonium I owned recently

I've played one. I thought it was good, but that hand angle... hoo boy

Have you played their new Eb? That is the first wessex tuba that I can say I love with no reservations at all.

so what happens if a british based company like Wessex or packer imports chinese horns to the UK, and then sells them to America? is there still the chinese tariff?

We have a Packer Smith Watkins we're very happy with, unfortunately my wife doesn't play it very often

Damn so tempting

in the words of Indiana Jones

It belongs in a museum!!

except there is already one like it in Durham, and if I was close enough to pick it up, I would have bought it myself days ago

Probably a miraphone bell replacement. Would explain the lack of markings

Yeah, if I have a muted part, I'm going to pick a tuba for that job that I own an appropriate size mute for.

My small H&B mute works really well in my york. It's not the flare that matters, it's the cone.

i dont understand the mute hate. A good mute that matches well with tuba you are playing should give a nice difference in tone color, (it's not about volume, despite the word mute) I like aluminum mutes with a nice metallic bite. You dont hear other brass instruments bitching about having muted ...

my daughter had been playing for about 6 months when she made this

I really like the Soundcorset tuner. Its available on all platforms

I have been on a holy grail search for a pre-1990 version of one of these for at least a decade . Never seen one in the states before

I used a French horn bell ring

As far as parts go, I find Adams is very responsive to providing what you need directly

I'm going to say conn, but the button is different. The valve cap itself looks identical to my 1903 Eb I had

the length of the 1st and 3rd valve slides look Eb all the way to me

Interesting. It's nice seeing the "Fletcher Cadenza" as I call it written out. I hate the optional Ab's in the published version.

You're probably right, but In fairness the last reply says it's still available