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Plays Beautifully.
All valves and slides work very well. Some small dings. Includes protec gig bag.
Located in South New Jersey].

https://photos.app.goo.gl/akeppSWBnnd71DJW9

Tubaafter37yrsaway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:26 pm Plays Beautifully (Looking for a smaller horn). All valves and slides work very well. Some small dings.
Located in South New Jersey]. I can email pics. Having trouble attaching them.

Is this the one that is like a BB-flat piggy?

Like a 6/4 piggy. 20" bell

DP yes
If you give me an email or phone # I can send pics of it.

Wait a sec..

Is it a 693 or a 683? The 683 is piggy sized, not the 693

Current version is here:

https://www.vfcerveny.cz/en/products/ro ... bb-693-4rz

It's a 693

So the answer to Dp's question is no

squat kaiser [insert your own joke]

is that an oxymoron like Jumbo shrimp?

I was thinking more like this, but the jumbo shrimp analogy will do.

TBH It looks like a useful horn, but I don't know how they play.

I'm sure this one is very good. the period between 1965 and 1980 was the golden era for Cerveny. I'd love to see a photo of it. I've never seen a 693 from that era, I didn't even know they made them from back then. All the ones I have seen are post 1990, which is not the golden era at all.

Someone tell me how to attach photos or give me an email to share to and you can post them

When you make a post, there is a tab called attachments. You can upload several photos (if they are less than 200mb). Or you can host them on Google or any other photo storage site and post the album link here

[https://photos.app.goo.gl/akeppSWBnnd71DJW9]

[https://photos.app.goo.gl/akeppSWBnnd71DJW9]

Those worked. So... I have to ask. Who told you this tuba was made in 1980? It's newer than 2000 based on the linkage, engraving, and spatula design

Sorry, now that I think about it I had a Conn 12j that I sold last summer. I bought the horn from my private teacher from the 1980's he had bought it new. I just started playing again last year since I graduated in 1986.I had bought the Conn on Facebook marketplace to make sure that I wanted to play again and then I bought the Cerveny last Year. I love the horn and it plays well, but I am 56 with a bad shoulder and I feel it after playing this horn for a while.
He had the horn serviced regularly at Dillon music in Woodbridge NJ.

LeMark wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:41 pm Like a 6/4 piggy. 20" bell

So yes, but not a little piggy what goes to market.
More like a large boar that hunters brag about encountering.

(trying to think of a more appropriate literary reference than Animal Farm, but some how "4 valves good 2 valves bad" is stuck in my head)

Got a chance to play round with a 693 (not quite so well maintained as this looks to be) and it was a blast!