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If you want a 7B, two of them just came up on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Two-Conn-Hellberg-7 ... dZViewItem
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Bob1062 wrote:Why does a company that makes french horns make tuba mouthpieces, and only mouthpieces, too? :?
They've got a large CNC machine shop operation (they make rotary valves, screwbell flanges and all sorts of other trinkets, including horn mouthpieces and bells. They've also got a complete plating shop.

A machine sitting idle represents lost revenue--why not make some tuba mouthpieces also?

They're nice folks and their mouthpieces are nicely done--and a heckuva deal.
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Bob1062 wrote:Why does a company that makes french horns make tuba mouthpieces, and only mouthpieces, too? :?
Appeasement, since their bells point back at us? Go figure!
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7B is in the mail
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