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Hi I was wondering can anyone name tubas that are like the Alan Baer Meinl Weston tuba but way cheaper?

bloke wrote:...maybe an old 2165 with a replacement "Fafner" bell, a replacement mouthpipe, a replacement tuning slide, and a replacement dogleg...

Sound close to the OP’s request.

K

A bunch of pros on tubenet say if you can find a good 2165 that they are wonderful instruments, but watch out for the bad ones.

Play it first.

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TYA wrote:Hi I was wondering can anyone name tubas that are like the Alan Baer Meinl Weston tuba but way cheaper?

How do you define way cheaper?


I agree with the 2165 idea. Find a great one and/or modify the heck out of one.

There's Matt Walter's new model that has gotten some hype. Around $12k (cheap enough?), but I haven't played one and don't know if it sounds or feels like a 6450.
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Or, wait for the inevitable Chinese copy to come out.

bloke wrote:From what I can see here...and what I know about the 2165 tubas I've played, the 6450 and the 2165 have similar intonation quirks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Vu_koN ... re=related

According to a recent posting of yours this tuba apparently was played by an oboist.

Klaus