Kirley wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:15 pm

shiny!

lost wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 6:06 am

Holton mammoth 6/4 helicon from 1912

that is a nice one.

Thanks for looking into that. The Grand Rapids York plant was shuttered (mostly, if not completely) about the time (1960’s) that Holton began offering these Collegiate model 19 inch bell short tubas, that – bow wise – seem identical to York B-flats (as well as with the Collegiate E-flats)...but I ca ...

I bought a tuba once where I started describing how I wanted it packed, but the sender said not to worry, it comes with a case. It arrived with no packing materials in a paper-thin nylon bag. It was very dented.

Congratulations!

The patina looks vnice on that tuba.

My go-to tuba lately has been the 4/4 amati I picked up for next to nothing last November. It is just so easy to hold and play. Well it would be if I wasn't so darn tall. It's really too short for me, but it feels so good to play, I don't notice my posture sucks It helps that I played one just like ...

Joe Sellmansberger gave some good clues to the tuba community a while back. The 3rd circuit is correct on one version of these. Perhaps it was the 4v Bach version of these. By shortening the 3rd and possibly the 1st a little, the intonation can be very good.

Nice job!

Dave Detwiler wrote:Okay, not exactly my tuba, but I know more about its story than my own horns!

Me and Matt with the Harvard Tuba - 2019.JPG

That is one BIG tuba.

lost wrote:I'd take my york 91 followed by my conn orch grand followed by my holton mammoth.

The rest can burn.

I'll take the rest, especially that big Martin.

lost wrote:
A Holton mammoth BBb - I'll have knee problems for 1000 Alex...

Hey, I like that.

Doc wrote:The one that would be hardest to replace would be the Blokespecial 186.

That sure is purdy

I don't have tubas that can't be replaced. So my answer is none. But if I did have ones that couldn't be replaced my answer would still be none. "That's just like my opinion man" and a good one. I would probably grab one tuba if I had any gigs on the horizon. With Covid 19, I have no gigs at all.

I really like that website. I really like York tubas.

I do. Something cheaper that I will be okay with when it falls out, or gets bumped into, or falls outta my pocket rushing to a parade site. For my concert tuba I use the good mouthpieces. Plastic ones can sound ok, and really do take being dropped. If I am playing my sousaphone I'm getting paid, so ...

Lost had compiled a list of York Bass models and I wanted to make sure it was preserved. Eb or EEb Basses York Model 29 - (brass) York Model 30 - (silver) York Model 50 - (Monster, brass upright) York Model 51 – (Monster, silver, upright) York Model 66 - (Monster, silver, front action) York Model 6 ...

The Python like it would be a more even distribution of weight.

Dan Schultz wrote:FYI... this 103 is version 2. It has a .040" larger bore than the version 1 of the same horn.

That is very good information. I found the early version very stuffy, though it may have been because it needed an alignment.

How can you tell?

bisontuba wrote:Really good deal...fyi..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254687021776

That is a good "heads up". great price.