Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:59 pm
Bloke's shortest answer since this forum started
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If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
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Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:12 pm
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:12 am
2nd shortest:
It’s the sh!t.
It’s the sh!t.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:51 pm
Well, if I were given money I had to spend and could not put in the coffers, yeah I might. Even money in coffers now is going down in value so fast that I'd might as well spend it on stuff that might actually hold some value. But I can't find what that stuff is; you buy property and find out you don't own that either, made really obvious if you don't pay the taxes on it. And then the taxes go up and up as the "value" goes up, and pretty soon you can't even afford to keep paying the "government rent" on it. So, what? buy old instruments that won't lose their value, and maybe that's what people are doing.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:08 pm
It's amazing the difference a single "the" makes.
it's the sh!t
it's sh!t
it's the sh!t
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Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:24 pm
I had The Sh!ts last week. 
I didn't mean to sh!t in this thread though.
Let me see who started it....
Oh, it was @bort2.0 so.
I didn't mean to sh!t in this thread though.
Let me see who started it....
Oh, it was @bort2.0 so.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:21 pm
He’s a little sh!t.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:30 pm
Here's a crazy thing I've been thinking about...
There's a new, never-sold, demo tuba that I'm eyeing...
If I can buy it for the right price, I would buy it with the intention of doing some DIY modifications.
There's a new, never-sold, demo tuba that I'm eyeing...
If I can buy it for the right price, I would buy it with the intention of doing some DIY modifications.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:39 pm
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:58 am
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am
Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:28 am
The "never sold" part is interesting to me -- demo tubas aren't usually for sale (the nature of being a "demo"), or at least not for quite a while (or if something "changes" in the business arrangement).
I hope you buy it and let us know about it. :)
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:31 am
The only people who typically don't sell "demos" are factories that keep "one of everything they make/(made?)" on display in a special room.
Otherwise, most manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers seem to define "demo" as an open-box/undamaged instrument that has been to shows. Usually, they're eager for these to disappear, and - once sold - prefer to have (after one or more shows) another "sealed box" same-model instrument shipped to them for the next show/shows.
Otherwise, most manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers seem to define "demo" as an open-box/undamaged instrument that has been to shows. Usually, they're eager for these to disappear, and - once sold - prefer to have (after one or more shows) another "sealed box" same-model instrument shipped to them for the next show/shows.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:18 am
This is where "Quinn The Eskimo" in Seattle gets most of the things he sells.bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:31 am The only people who typically don't sell "demos" are factories that keep "one of everything they make/(made?)" on display in a special room.
Otherwise, most manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers seem to define "demo" as an open-box/undamaged instrument that has been to shows. Usually, they're eager for these to disappear, and - once sold - prefer to have (after one or more shows) another "sealed box" same-model instrument shipped to them for the next show/shows.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:03 pm
Maybe that's why I like the look of that horn? I've never been fond of "the science." In what ways does the 98 defy logic? I'm not familiar with it.bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:47 pm
I dunno… they must be good because Walmart is out of stock of that model:bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Miraphone-98 ... y/30417338
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:21 pm
Shoot. And I was gonna get one next time I stopped in for Pampers, sweat pants, and oh, yeah, lamp oil.matt g wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:47 pmI dunno… they must be good because Walmart is out of stock of that model:bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Miraphone-98 ... y/30417338
Tim
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:25 pm
Can't you here the cashiers at Walmart every month;MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:21 pm
Shoot. And I was gonna get one next time I stopped in for Pampers, sweat pants, and oh, yeah, lamp oil.
Tim
"I'm taking my break, it's that Mr. $2 rubber tennis shoes, three gallons of lamp oil and 'is the 28k tuba in stock today' guy again!!"
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:34 pm
I will share details if I move forward on it. Im expecting to get more info next week. But it would make for a fun summer project if I do get it
Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:55 pm
I was hoping to find a few Miraphone 98's that Walmart may have over-ordered (ex: a few too many sent to East McKeesport Walmart Express, etc...) and buy them off of overstock.com.