Mirafone 184 Bbb
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
That's an odd serial number engraving, looks like a "period" in there when there shouldn't be.
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
I think that's just a coincidental bit of lacquer spotting.KingTuba1241X wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:55 am That's an odd serial number engraving, looks like a "period" in there when there shouldn't be.
Nice looking tuba. Has the cool old hand-engraved Mirafone logo.
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
Don't forget the coincidental red rotbort2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:40 amI think that's just a coincidental bit of lacquer spotting.KingTuba1241X wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:55 am That's an odd serial number engraving, looks like a "period" in there when there shouldn't be.
Nice looking tuba. Has the cool old hand-engraved Mirafone logo.
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
How does the 184 Bb compare to a 186 Bb? Smaller?
This 184 is pretty close to me ...
Also, the photo showing “red rot” doesn’t particularly concern me - should it? If it was inside the leadpipe, perhaps.
This 184 is pretty close to me ...
Also, the photo showing “red rot” doesn’t particularly concern me - should it? If it was inside the leadpipe, perhaps.
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
I played one in State Honor Orchestra in 7th and 8th grade, it can belt out the notes and pretty easy to play. Just not a "Big" tubby sound, but acceptable.
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
I have a solid-but-ugly-finish one of those (paired with a 184 C bell) that is one of my down-the-road projects to pretty-up and sell.
This one (eBay) looks to be very nice.
This one (eBay) looks to be very nice.
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
The largest single grouping of new 185 C tubas (and there's a statistics name for this, but my brain doesn't have enough caffeine in it) was probably bought by Winston Morris students at Tennessee Tech.
Otherwise, more 184 C tubas seemed to have been sold than 185 C tubas.
I've only personally encountered two 184 B-flat tubas...one owned by an Interlochen student, and one that is here - awaiting restoration.
I've actually personally encountered a few more 185 B-flats than 184 B-flats. I sold a VERY early 1960's (original dingy lacquer - almost no denting at all) 185 B-flat a few years ago. The hard case was with it, and pre-dated the GWW-style wood cases which were offered (by Mirafone USA) later.
Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
I am interested in this one to some extent because it is within easy driving distance. But it might go too high for me. I still think about jtm’s 186 with both upright and recording bells...
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
The # of new 185 C tubas by "Winston Morris students at Tennessee Tech" would be the mode of the distribution of the number of new 185 C tubas purchased by different defined groups of buyers (probably excluding random individual buyers as a group...)
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Re: Mirafone 184 Bbb
In addition, I think the # of new 185 C tubas could be modeled with a random-effects negative binomial model. Be sure to account for overdispersion.
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