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It lives up to the comments I've read about it. I had it to my guy last week for a bath and a going over. I had him vent the valves and it plays so easy I'm seriously thinking about making it my #1 even with having to work on new finger patterns

I also tried to contact them about my 2145 for exactly the same reason. Tried their online registration process too. No response to either. Frustrating. It's such a wonderful horn for them to neglect the people who own them like 'red headed stepchild'...... oh well. Just enjoy what we have and leave it at that I guess.

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Grumpikins wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 3:57 pm I also tried to contact them about my 2145 for exactly the same reason. Tried their online registration process too. No response to either. Frustrating. It's such a wonderful horn for them to neglect the people who own them like 'red headed stepchild'...... oh well. Just enjoy what we have and leave it at that I guess.

To be fair, they’d neglect you regardless of whatever horn you owned.

Grumpikins wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 3:57 pm I also tried to contact them about my 2145 for exactly the same reason. Tried their online registration process too. No response to either. Frustrating. It's such a wonderful horn for them to neglect the people who own them like 'red headed stepchild'...... oh well. Just enjoy what we have and leave it at that I guess.

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were they disappointed in it or was it not accepted well? i've not played many different tubas but i think this is the best one i've played. i am just learning the C fingers and do ok until i get into a lot of accidentals. that will come though. i can't imagine a horn blowing any easier.

Nworbekim wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 2:02 pm

Grumpikins wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 3:57 pm I also tried to contact them about my 2145 for exactly the same reason. Tried their online registration process too. No response to either. Frustrating. It's such a wonderful horn for them to neglect the people who own them like 'red headed stepchild'...... oh well. Just enjoy what we have and leave it at that I guess.

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were they disappointed in it or was it not accepted well? i've not played many different tubas but i think this is the best one i've played. i am just learning the C fingers and do ok until i get into a lot of accidentals. that will come though. i can't imagine a horn blowing any easier.

I don’t think they were disappointed. I think it’s more to do with the merger that came and then a bunch of redundancy across lines along with figuring out what’s cheapest to make and/or putting parts together to make something ‘fun and new’ for the market.

Along with it being just at 4/4 size during the arms race among tuba manufacturers in the late 20th century…

Likewise, I don't think they were disappointed. The 21X5 series has their fans and haters, among ANY make/model of tuba. The 2145's are kind of a weird size to me, but they certainly aren't the worst tubas out there.

The issue is, getting literally ANYTHING from the Buffet conglomerate these days is nearly impossible.

If you're really trying to find the date of manufacture, all you can really do is guesstimate. The small block pistons were out around the 90's as has already been stated.