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Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 2:02 pm
by martyneilan
I am looking for a 5 valve (or 6) F tuba that plays in tune with a usable low register for around 2,000 USD. I have seen BMB and ZO go for around this lately, so I know it isn't impossible. No first-generation Jinbao, please. Cosmetics are not important.
Re: WTB F Tuba around 2k
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 3:23 pm
by bort2.0
I can't send a direct link, but brassark.com has had this Miraphone 180 for quite a while.
http://www.brassark.com/sale/miraphoneftuba_1.jpg
Re: WTB F Tuba around 2k
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:02 pm
by martyneilan
I think Wade the Elephant did major rebuilding on one of these to open up the low register. I would probably prefer something a tad bigger, but I will keep that in mind. Doesn't the 180 have a horizontal tuning slide? The one at Brass Ark is vertical?!? It almost looks like a tenor tuba.
bort once upon a time wrote:Sun Sep 29, 2019 12:47 pm
It's not that they are bad, it's just that there are often better options. They are older designs, and suffer greatly from the problems around low C, B, and Bb. Upper register sings and is nice... But if you need the full range, it usually takes a lot of work, and even then it's still not great.
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:56 am
by martyneilan
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Found.
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:59 am
by bisontuba
Awesome
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 6:36 pm
by tubaing
What is it?
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 7:44 pm
by bort2.0
What is it?
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:13 pm
by matt g
Judging from the emblem on the bell and the linkage, it’s a Cerveny.
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:34 pm
by bort2.0
matt g wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:13 pm
Judging from the emblem on the bell and the linkage, it’s a Cerveny.
I knew that... I guess I should have said, "tell us about it."
Re: Found: F tuba around 2k
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:24 pm
by jtm
Somehow that looks bigger than my rotary C tuba.
