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Edit: SOLD FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:41 am
by Denton Big Brass
Edit: Sold.

This week one of Denton (TX) Big Brass' customers is offering a 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 Tuba in lacquer. Not a horn that often comes up for sale on the second hand market!

Specs from the Eastman Site :
*Yellow brass construction with nickel-silver leadpipe and tuning slides
*Four stainless steel pistons .687" bore
*Bell: 19.75"

This instrument is in good condition, with some lacquer wear on the MTS, a couple of small dents, including a mouthpiece drop dent on the bell, and minor scratching in the lacquer as evidence of light use.
DBB owner, and professional tubist, Carl Kleinsteuber reports "Plays easily, with excellent intonation"
Seller is asking $4,550 net. The instrument comes with an ABS hard case.
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Our customers offer their used instruments for play testing at our Denton TX Showroom Tuesdays through Sundays.
Please email Carl@DentonBigBrass.com or message us to set up a private appointment if you are interested. Covid measures are in place for safe testing.

All instruments offered will have very recently been chem cleaned, inspected and play tested by Carl Kleinsteuber. The seller will conclude the sale with you.
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Re: FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:01 pm
by dustyw313
Is this tuba still for sale? Looking for my son's first tuba

Re: Edit: SOLD FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:06 am
by DonO.
Is this Eastman model a clone of the King 2341? To my eye it certainly seems to have numerous similarities.

Re: Edit: SOLD FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:58 am
by matt g
DonO. wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:06 am Is this Eastman model a clone of the King 2341? To my eye it certainly seems to have numerous similarities.
Yes, it’s based on the 2341 with some improvements made based on feedback from @Matt Walters and others.

Re: Edit: SOLD FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:13 am
by Three Valves
It’s very well made.

Re: Edit: SOLD FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:35 am
by LeMark
I like them more than the 2341

Re: Edit: SOLD FS: 4/4 Eastman BBb 534 in lacquer, $4,550

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:52 am
by bloke
LeMark wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:35 am I like them more than the 2341
related (same size/shape/bore of tuba)...

Matt Walters built himself a remarkably nice C instrument from a 4/4 York body (surely: originally B-flat).

I've also played a similar C (put together by someone with less experience) that didn't quite offer the remarkable intonation that Matt's offers, but with the same wonderful resonance.

Whether B-flat or C, I like the extra "oomph" and "teeth" in the sound of that defunct (ever so slightly smaller) York/Holton 4/4 bell and bugle size. When playing back-to-back with a "new-style" King, the York/Holton 4/4 (sure, with a front-action valveset, and with a bore size a bit larger than the original York .655" or Holton .665" bore) experience is eyebrow-raising.

Otherwise, the similar York (and Holton) instruments' bottom bows were actually nearly identical to (and interchangeable with) King 4/4 bottom bows.