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Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:29 pm
by cthuba
Called Dillons and Matt said they no longer do business with them.
Contacted Mack brass about a month ago with no reply.
Anyone know of any place
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:37 pm
by matt g
Jim Laabs still lists one a different brand of travel tuba. Dunno much more than that.
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:40 pm
by The Big Ben
These are the funny looking ones with the tubes running from side to side in the front? There is a vendor in Germany but shipping would be a fortune.
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:57 pm
by LeMark
what key do you want it to be in? I might know someone that has one and could be talked into departing with it
My opinion, those horns look like a hot mess but actually play pretty good. A lot of fun in a small package
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:26 pm
by C J
The Big Ben wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:40 pm
These are the funny looking ones with the tubes running from side to side in the front? There is a vendor in Germany but shipping would be a fortune.
https://www.thomann.de/intl/zo_tubas.html
Don't know about the shipping costs
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:58 pm
by Three Valves
They were conspicuously missing from the Army Conference this year.
I played them before, they sound OK but ergonomics are bizarre.
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 6:59 pm
by LeMark
Didn't see any at TMEA either
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:31 am
by scottw
Not positive, but didn't Baltimore Brass have one at the TUSAB workshop?
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:45 am
by DonO.
scottw wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:31 am
Not positive, but didn't Baltimore Brass have one at the TUSAB workshop?
Baltimore Brass does list a used one in silver on their site presently for $2495.
Re: Where to buy ZO travel tubas in US
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:12 am
by cthuba
Thank y’all for your posts. I’ve known about Thomann, but the idea of paying VAT and shipping costs greatly discouraged me. I’m still interested in the Wessex bubbie 5, but the ZO offers a 5 valve cc travel tuba that perked my interests.
I also don’t own an F tuba, just a Bruckner and enough space in my home for a shoe box. (Not literally, but 600^2’ for one tuba man, two cats and a plant lady is not enough space for two full sized tubas)
EDIT: I should that I never inquired to Thomann about the costs because I am lazy.