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Lot of Alexanders showing up for sale lately.

https://www.baltimorebrasscompany.com/p ... -tuba.aspx

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Anyone played this?

I'm tempted, but a bit wary of the clock springs. How do they compare with regular wire springs?
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My Alex has clocksprings- nothing wrong with them, but I'm told if they break, fixing them is more involved. If I didn't have mine, I'd be heading down there to check it out- that is a VERY good price for an Alex.
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WakinAZ wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:00 pm Anyone played this?

I'm tempted, but a bit wary of the clock springs. How do they compare with regular wire springs?

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tofu wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:31 pm if that thing plays as good as it looks I'd buy it at that price. To bad Baltimore Brass is in Baltimore. I sure wouldn't want to ship it and I sure don't want to go to Baltimore.
For clarity, Baltimore Brass is in Catonsville, Baltimore County, not the City. It's nice there. :thumbsup:
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Anybody here get a chance to play it? How is the intonation? My understanding is the Alex BBb tubas (in general) had pretty good intonation.
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Baltimore Brass is a few miles outside of the bad parts of Baltimore. It's NOT a bad area at all.

Baltimore Brass is in Baltimore County, not Baltimore City. Sounds like semantcs, but it's a world of difference between watching an episode of The Wire and being in Anytown USA.

How do I know? I grew up 3 miles from there, and my parents still live there.
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