Is the Meinl-Weston Fafner 5/4 or 6/4?

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What sie is the Meinl-Weston Fafner?

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6/4
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Michael Woods
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You can have the bows on a fafner hand made. It is like the difference between the 2155 and the 2000

195 fafner-not hand made

195/2 fafner-hand made bows
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Rick, since you wrote the article on the subject, I defer.
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DP wrote:The Holtons are about as unique as the Yorks, and have a distinctive sound all their own. Nothing (in my subjective opinion) matches the grandeur of the Holton sound.
No disagreement from me on any point you make. But the Holton is similar enough to the York for both to serve in a similar role, and for both to justify membership in the category "Grand Orchestral Tuba". And both are more like each other than either is like a Fafner, it seems to me.

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