eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:07 pm
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eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
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Re: eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:44 pm
That’s just plain weird.
Re: eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:27 am
Re: eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:07 am
- all four pistons/stems/finger buttons
- top caps
- bottom caps (?)
- fifth rotor
- rotor back cap/bearing plate/arm/screw
- all five tuning slides and MTS
At that price point of replacing everything, you're better off getting a complete used 1291.
- top caps
- bottom caps (?)
- fifth rotor
- rotor back cap/bearing plate/arm/screw
- all five tuning slides and MTS
At that price point of replacing everything, you're better off getting a complete used 1291.
Re: eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:26 am
Thank God they left the 5th rotor trigger assembly, that would have been a deal breaker.
Re: eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:32 am
Asking price is definitely a bit high… Making an offer looks to be possible.
I’ve owned a bunch of former service band instruments. On occasion, they arrived with some odd, disabling “adjustments.” Nothing that couldn’t be easily undone. I’ve heard from former members that replacement criteria varied a bit over the years and depended on a few factors and level of band.
If this was, in fact, a mustered out service band tuba, I remember one other that received this treatment. It was a Hirsbrunner piston CC that was missing all of the pistons.
I’ve owned a bunch of former service band instruments. On occasion, they arrived with some odd, disabling “adjustments.” Nothing that couldn’t be easily undone. I’ve heard from former members that replacement criteria varied a bit over the years and depended on a few factors and level of band.
If this was, in fact, a mustered out service band tuba, I remember one other that received this treatment. It was a Hirsbrunner piston CC that was missing all of the pistons.
Re: eBay: Miraphone 1291 5v BBb carcass (no valves/slides)
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:33 am
Being familiar with federal disposal procedures, this tracks.MiBrassFS wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:32 am Asking price is definitely a bit high… Making an offer looks to be possible.
I’ve owned a bunch of former service band instruments. On occasion, they arrived with some odd, disabling “adjustments.” Nothing that couldn’t be easily undone. I’ve heard from former members that replacement criteria varied a bit over the years and depended on a few factors and level of band.
If this was, in fact, a mustered out service band tuba, I remember one other that received this treatment. It was a Hirsbrunner piston CC that was missing all of the pistons.