Re: eBay: Dalyan BBb (looks like Cerveny 683 copy)
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:01 am
by LeMark
Looks closer to the Jin bao version. I've owned them both
Re: eBay: Dalyan BBb (looks like Cerveny 683 copy)
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:33 am
by bloke
nope...That one is jimbo.
Re: eBay: Dalyan BBb (looks like Cerveny 683 copy)
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:45 am
by arpthark
Wasn't aware there was a Jin Bao version.
Re: eBay: Dalyan BBb (looks like Cerveny 683 copy)
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:50 am
by LeMark
this is the day I got it. The valve problems started the next day
Sold it at a loss, bought the Packer, and played it for years
Re: eBay: Dalyan BBb (looks like Cerveny 683 copy)
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 11:10 am
by bloke
Had I spent much time with a JP379B, I probably - as a dealer - would have snatched up a demo (show display) and added a fifth rotor - rather than building the compact Holton.
They don't look the same at at (and - ok - the sound is subtly different), but they function (for a working tuba player) in the same way...and both offer easy tuning.
Re: eBay: Dalyan BBb (looks like Cerveny 683 copy)
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 1:24 pm
by Ace
arpthark wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:43 am
Wonder if this is made in the same factory as the Packer BBb.
I don't know the answer to your question, but some years ago I read that the Dalyan instruments were no longer being produced in their old factory which had been retooled to produce high quality ball bearings for the military. -Ace