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Take a look at http://www.floydcooley.com/tubas.htm.

Here's a pix of the Floyd-o-phone.

OK, I'll bite: what did Mr. Jacobs think of the Floyd-o-fone?

How about a Yorkbrunner...

Mr Jacobs thought the Floyd-o-phone was the best copy of the York but this was in 1995 before the YahmaYork.

Sorry for being stupid but what is a yahmayork?

Doug

I much prefer "Yorkaha"......

(it is Yamaha's copy of one of the Chicago Yorks....I don't think it is comercially available yet)

Yamaha's York copy (the YamahaYork) came out around 2001, a little late for Mr Jacobs to play (he passed away in 1998).

codytuba wrote:Is a copy of Mr. Cooley's horn available to buy anywhere?

To read about acquiring a new one, visit http://www.floydcooley.com/tubas.html, although this info may be somewhat outdated.

As of November 5, Kyle Turner had a one-year-old Nirschl York copy (Mr. Cooley's horn) for sale: viewtopic.php?t=3521.

codytuba wrote:I didn't know when the Yorkamaha, or Yamayork , blah blah came out. Is a copy of Mr. Cooley's horn available to buy anywhere? What is the closest thing to it (With the exeption of the Yorkbrunner)?

The Yamaha is hand-made in very limited quantities and it would seem you have to be somebody to get one.

The Nirschl, on the other hand, is available, though perhaps not quickly (unless someone has one for sale). They aren't copies of Mr. Cooley's instrument, but rather are copies, like his, of the CSO York.

The Nirschl, Hirsbrunner, and Yamaha are (or started out as) direct copies of one or the other of the CSO Yorks. So, they are most similar to each other. Similar instruments include the broader ochestral grand tuba category, which includes the Holton 345 (no longer made, but intentionally like the CSO York), the Meinl-Weston 2165/2265 (inspired by the Holton), and slightly more distantly the Gronitz PCK, PT-7P, the Willson 3050, and the VMI Neptune piston model.

Then there are the converted Yorks, which may look more different but capture better the spirit of the CSO instruments. They are still being made as York carcasses become available.

Everyone has their own opinion of what the CSO Yorks were all about, mostly without having played one. Some of the copies have developed their own following, as much for what makes the different from the Yorks as for what makes them similar.

Rick "who would rather play a battered Miraphone like Gene Pokorny than the CSO York like Rick Denney" Denney

codytuba wrote:Is a copy of Mr. Cooley's horn available to buy anywhere?

Right here: http://www.floydcooley.com/tubas.html Currently says € 15,000 which at today's rate = $ 19,896

Here's a picture:




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