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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:55 am
by Chuck Jackson
Who knows. If the horn is good, then so be it. BUT, it has been my experience that one lie usually begets another. YMMV.
I would like to know more about the horn, though. Any chance of posting some specs and pics?
Chuck"High School Teacher"Jackson
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:57 am
by windshieldbug
"New York Mills Philharmonic"!?
("It's so clear, I could see a cloud in the ceiling")
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:35 pm
by JohnMCooper
Here is a link to the 4 valve BBb that Infinity Music is offering on there web site.
http://www.infinitymusicinstrument.com/ ... ucts_id=79
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:51 pm
by Chuck Jackson
Looks like the standard PT-1, Sonora, Schneider, etc. clone. I REALLY like the design and never have played a bad one in any of their various incarnations, although I have not played the Chinese clone, but it is probably pretty good. If the fit and finish are good and I could still play, I'd buy it. Can't beat the price.
Chuck
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:35 pm
by Mike Finn
Chuck Jackson wrote:... it has been my experience that one lie usually begets another....
Like the fact that the pics are not all of the same horn? If you look closely, you'll notice that they are pics of three different tubas.
The bell flair was my first clue, and then I noticed the main tuning slide: vertical on one and horizontal on the other. Hmmm... My guess is that the horn in the case is the instrument they offer, and the other two pics (suspiciously similar to a Cerveny and an MW) are
borrowed from somewhere else on the web.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:33 pm
by chipster55
BigDale wrote:
You can even see the Cerveny engraving on the picture of the 681 at the bottom of the page. Spend the extra grand and get a Cerveny!
I agree 100%. I'd love to get a decent 4/4 horn for that price, but if I got this one, I'd be afraid of the case of buyer's remorse I might get, and $1910.00 is too darned expensive for a flower pot.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:09 pm
by Eric B
Mike Finn wrote:Like the fact that the pics are not all of the same horn?
Another troubling clue that something is wrong is the tuba in the case
HAS ONLY THREE VALVES!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:31 pm
by windshieldbug
It doesn't matter that the tuning slide is
vertical
then horizontal
nor how many valves you get,
you get a case with wheels, man!
Package deal
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:56 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
chipster55 wrote:... $1910.00 is too darned expensive for a flower pot.
But it's a flower pot ("ceramic" -- high-tech stuff, man!
)
in a case ... with
wheels, no less! What a deal ...
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:33 pm
by The Jackson