Vancouver CL: Buescher 3v

[hrender]

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/ms ... 73117.html

[arpthark]

Beautiful engraving. It's a shame these tubas have the most unworkable intonation of any tuba I have ever played.

[hrender]

Yeah, my first horn when coming back to playing was a Buescher Eb I picked up from eBay about 25 years ago. It had been recommended by a past TN board member who said he had worked on it, but in the condition it reached me, the intonation was really not usable. A local guy said, "Are you sure this isn't a D tuba?" which gives you an idea of how off the thing was. Maybe the BBb horns are better, but the Eb horns not so much.

[tofu]

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[arpthark]

Maybe that hole in the leadpipe helps the intonation?

[hrender]

I thought at the time it was due to changes in mouthpiece sizes. I tried it with some smaller mouthpieces with no significant improvement. Oh well, I’ll try Eb again sometime, but likely not a Buescher.

[The Big Ben]

Maybe that hole in the leadpipe helps the intonation?

Looks like there is a twist in the lead pipe that can't help either.

[Dents Be Gone!]

I agree, guys. This is the way to go.

[TheHatTuba]

I have the bigger version of the one posted that's been sitting in a spare room for years now. 18.8"ish bell, 1923. Should probably Craigslist it or post it here, but it has better intonation than the horn it was sold with: a Conn Giant Eb