Packer PT-15 copy: https://www.tubaexchange.com/collection ... f-4-4-tuba
Packer 2250 copy: https://www.tubaexchange.com/collection ... 4-4-f-tuba
Eastman 864: https://www.tubaexchange.com/collection ... r-in-stock
Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
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Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Two of those look to be really close to my sealed box pricing, particularly as my pricing includes shipping.
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Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Looks like the Eastman is gone.
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Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
I guess realistically there aren't enough B&S Symphonie tubas at that price for everybody to have one.
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Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
I don't buy - well...not all that much - in the "handmade" thing (re: earlier instruments).
That having been said, I really don't believe that the Symphonie model has ever quite been completely copied.
The mouthpipe tubes begin at-or-below (only) a 1/2-inch bore on the "real" ones, and (as some know) very early on (mid-1970's), the mouthpiece receiver size was (what is today labeled as) "small".
Those things that Tom is/was selling (at least, during a noisy elephant room quick test) played pretty nicely, for me.
If someone's looking for a PT-15 (larger than Symphonie), the JP is the very best-built and closest copy.
That having been said, I really don't believe that the Symphonie model has ever quite been completely copied.
The mouthpipe tubes begin at-or-below (only) a 1/2-inch bore on the "real" ones, and (as some know) very early on (mid-1970's), the mouthpiece receiver size was (what is today labeled as) "small".
Those things that Tom is/was selling (at least, during a noisy elephant room quick test) played pretty nicely, for me.
If someone's looking for a PT-15 (larger than Symphonie), the JP is the very best-built and closest copy.