TubaForum.net

I'm looking for a long 5th slide (silver plated) for my Willson 3400 Eb tuba....If you have one that you are not using please contact me....

Thanks,

These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?

jonesbrass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?

It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.

bort2.0 wrote:

jonesbrass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?

It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.

Wow. I have not had that experience. He has always been more responsive. Sorry to hear that.

erdickman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:20 am I'm looking for a long 5th slide (silver plated) for my Willson 3400 Eb tuba....If you have one that you are not using please contact me....

Thanks,

just curious:
Has someone found the longer slide length to offer better intonation for (a quite often-requested pitch) "low F" (as 5-2-3-4 is quite sharp with most 5-valve tubas) ?

(bump)

jonesbrass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:56 am

bort2.0 wrote:

jonesbrass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?

It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.

Wow. I have not had that experience. He has always been more responsive. Sorry to hear that.

I forget, it may have been during the summer... which could also explain it.

Although I have heard some saying before, to the effect of the Swiss make the most elegant watches in the world, except they all run slow.

bort2.0 wrote: I forget, it may have been during the summer... which could also explain it.

Although I have heard some saying before, to the effect of the Swiss make the most elegant watches in the world, except they all run slow.

Many Europeans have a different sense of time and urgency than most Americans expect.

Regarding this, a European colleague once told me "you people [Americans] are f-ing nuts."

bort2.0 wrote:Regarding this, a European colleague once told me "you people [Americans] are f-ing nuts."

[emoji38] I’ve heard similar things.