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Price Drop V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat Tuba for sale $3200.00

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:26 pm
by Tubaafter37yrsaway
SOLD
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

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:20 pm
by dp
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?

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

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

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:23 am
by Tubaafter37yrsaway
DP yes
If you give me an email or phone # I can send pics of it.

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:26 am
by LeMark
Wait a sec..

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

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:19 pm
by hrender

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:59 pm
by Tubaafter37yrsaway
It's a 693

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:03 pm
by LeMark
So the answer to Dp's question is no

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:08 pm
by hrender
squat kaiser [insert your own joke]

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:55 pm
by LeMark
is that an oxymoron like Jumbo shrimp?

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:18 pm
by hrender
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.

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:21 pm
by LeMark
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.

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:17 pm
by Tubaafter37yrsaway
Someone tell me how to attach photos or give me an email to share to and you can post them

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:19 pm
by LeMark
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

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:46 pm
by Tubaafter37yrsaway

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:47 pm
by Tubaafter37yrsaway

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:54 pm
by LeMark
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

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:09 pm
by Tubaafter37yrsaway
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.

Re: Price Drop V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat Tuba for sale $3200.00

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:24 am
by Tubaafter37yrsaway
Tubaafter37yrsaway wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:26 pm 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

Re: V F CERVENY 693 BB Flat (1980) Tuba for sale $4100.00

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:43 am
by humBell
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!