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by arpthark » Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:54 pm
I don't have one, but there is one near me. I'm trying to determine if it is a good deal.
What's your random stab?
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by bloke » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:26 pm
If the bell is the same as a 2341 bell, those bells (only) go for $400 (in decent condition) these days.
I'd personally be about as interested in the rest of it as are a couple of people here in my anti-C rhetoric.
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by arpthark » Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:52 pm
bloke wrote: ↑ Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:26 pm
If the bell is the same as a 2341 bell, those bells (only) go for $400 (in decent condition) these days.
I'd personally be about as interested in the rest of it as are a couple of people here in my anti-C rhetoric.
Yeah, I have no idea what I'd do with the rest of it. My thought was bell/collar/braces might be of interest to me/others. Can't even really play it in TubaChristmas and the like.
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by bloke » Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:55 pm
You could use those GG bows to convert a 5XJ to BB-flat...??
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by Tubajug » Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:14 pm
Do like @the elephant is doing and turn it into a BBb or even a CC instrument!
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by bort2.0 » Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:22 pm
bloke wrote: ↑ Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:26 pm
I'd personally be about as interested in the rest of it as are a couple of people here in my anti-C rhetoric.
Your anti-C antics.
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by bloke » Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:45 am
Well, they seem to troll at least one person in particular.
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by bloke » Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:19 am
arpthark wrote: ↑ Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:59 am
Do ten dogs make a K90?
Maybe, or nine kats.
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by matt g » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:52 am
arpthark wrote: ↑ Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:52 pm
bloke wrote: ↑ Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:26 pm
If the bell is the same as a 2341 bell, those bells (only) go for $400 (in decent condition) these days.
I'd personally be about as interested in the rest of it as are a couple of people here in my anti-C rhetoric.
Yeah, I have no idea what I'd do with the rest of it. My thought was bell/collar/braces might be of interest to me/others. Can't even really play it in TubaChristmas and the like.
I’d offer whatever you think the market will pay for the upright bell and then enjoy disassembling the thing into bits and using the parts to horse trade.
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by matt g » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:58 am
arpthark wrote: ↑ Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:54 am
These are silver plate, not chrome, right?
I played a K90 back in 94/95 for fun at a camp**, and I remember* it being silver plated.
*both in terms of looks and sulfur smell
**Magic of Orlando. I knew I wasn’t going to march, I just wanted to see what the hype was about.
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by York-aholic » Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:31 am
I sure wish I could find one somewhat close to SoCal, just for nostalgia’s sake, having used one in the defunct Velvet Knights.
Some old Yorks, Martins, and perhaps a King rotary valved CC
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by arpthark » Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:40 am
I think I've decided to pass on the one near me. I am going to be out of town for a while. Maybe when we come back and if it is still available.