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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:49 am
by djwesp
BOTH are extremely expensive. Miraphone parts are premium, and are only getting worse with the Euro.
Knoxville is a long ways from Memphis, but if you go there I bet Bloke will make sure you get the job done right.
Re: Miraphone Parts
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:30 pm
by Dan Schultz
rat81279 wrote:Does anyone know where I can get replacement parts for a Miraphone 186 ....
What are you looking for? New?... or used?
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:30 pm
by LoyalTubist
When my fifth valve linkage was broken on one of my 186s in Indonesia 12 years ago, I described the problem and it was sent FREE. I attempted to pay for it but the money was sent back.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:15 pm
by Chuck(G)
rat81279 wrote:I am looking for used or new, but it must be in good condition. I want to replace the valve springs first. I think they would have to be new.
Why not order the generic rotary springs from Ferree's Tools? Why do they have to be Miraphone springs?
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 10:21 pm
by Chuck(G)
bloke wrote:Let's face it. Unless you fiddle-fart around for hours trying out different wire, nothing quite matches the feel of real (post 1960's-style) Miraphone springs on a Miraphone tuba....
Must be a "Princess and the Pea" sort of thing....
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 11:53 pm
by iiipopes
Coming back to one after being away for decades, and then trying a lot of other instruments in the meantime, including Yammy, MW, Rudy, all the domestic pistons, and others, I gotta go with bloke on this one.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:00 am
by Chuck(G)
Eh, you're probably onto something. I find that with the generic springs, I have to "toast" them a bit with the torch to get them just right.
I just don't play enough rotary tuba, I guess.