WTT - Firstborn Child for Original Willson/Kurath Ginormous Thumb Ring

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HEY! YOU!

YEAH, YOU, YOU WILLSON-TUBA-OWNING THUMB RING HATER!

So you hate thumb rings. So you removed it from your tuba and it lives in the bottom of your junk drawer in your kitchen.

I need it.

Sell it to me.

TODAY!

SELL IT TO ME TODAY!

I MUST HAVE IT!

SELL IT TO ME!

No, I have no child to trade. But I *do* have parts to trade. Or money to give. Or parts of money to trade or give.

Reply with offers for original Willson- or Kurath-made massive, ridiculous, teething-ring-like hunks of manly nickel silver, only, please…
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Re: WTT My Firstborn Child for Your Original Willson/Kurath Ginormous Thumb Ring

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I don't have one of those, obviously, but I should take a picture of my tuba with its ring on it and my hand that does even reach the ring, which is why the ring is in the mouthpiece box. :laugh: You gonna use that thing as a weapon, or what?
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I genuinely like it. I generally dislike thumb rings because (from the factory) they generally are in a location that hurts my hand. And they are usually uncomfortable in some way. I like this one so much that I want to install one just like it on my Holton 345.
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SOMEBODY SELL ME YOUR UNLOVED
WILLSON OR KURATH THUMB RING!

NOW!

DO IT NOW!


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I remember why I can't make these. To keep the tube round (and not flattened on the inside face of the annulus) I need a special mandrel that I cannot afford to have made for me. Maybe the Harbor Freight tube bender has a half-round mandrel of the correct size? Nah, it is mostly for exhaust systems for cars.

I may try to make one of these, anyway, though.
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the elephant wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 7:58 am (and not flattened on the inside face of the annulus)
Easy with the dirty talk!
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YorkNumber3.0 wrote: Sat May 13, 2023 5:31 am Some may not get this, but sometimes you want what you want. I don’t have one to offer up, but I think they’re the ring to which all are other are compared. Comfortable in every way.
A friend of mine just got a Curry trumpet mouthpiece with a gold rim and The Ring's script hand-engraved around it. Very cool stuff…
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If you've got a band saw, I've got a 24AW that may have finally found its purpose in life...

Seriously, that thumb ring looks to be the size of a mouthpiece visualizer. Maybe you can sacrifice a beater rim and fab a rather unique thumb ring.
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I can make you a mandrel if you have a little time to wait. Might be a tad large for your Unimat.

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It needs to match what I have *exactly*, so I am looking for an actual Willson/Kurath ring, folks. Thanks for all the suggestions, though.

NOTE: I think I may have this sorted, thanks to ein Freund in Deutschland...
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