Miraphone JE-186
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:11 pm
Can anyone tell me what the JE is in the MIraphone JE 186? Also, what is the general going price for a used one in good condition.
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Re: Miraphone JE-186
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:51 pm
Yeah, this actually has JE engraved into it on the bell. Its a little odd.
Re: Miraphone JE-186
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:16 am
Picture? Or, you can email Miraphone, they are always helpful.
Re: Miraphone JE-186
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:55 pm
If this is the one up on eBay, that's definitely a "TE." Just some dirt/scratch/weird angle makes it look a little like a J.oltubarock wrote:Yeah, this actually has JE engraved into it on the bell. Its a little odd.
Re: Miraphone JE-186
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:49 pm
"Not bird, nor plane, nor even frog" ... <ahem> ... sorry, wrong showbort wrote:If this is the one up on eBay, that's definitely a "TE." Just some dirt/scratch/weird angle makes it look a little like a J.oltubarock wrote:Yeah, this actually has JE engraved into it on the bell. Its a little odd.
... "not dirt, nor scratch, nor even weird angle" -- it's just a tuba-shaped "T". If you go to the Tuba Exchange main page ...http://www.tubaexchange.com/index.asp
... and look at their logo (upper left corner), you'll see that the "T" in the logo is formed by a tuba! The engraved "T" on this instrument mimics the bell and bottom bow of the tuba in the logo.
This is not the only confusingly-fancy engraving to be found on tubas. Many of us remember (a few years back) a number of auctions of J.W. York and Sons tubas, where the sellers had mis-interpreted the ornate lettering in the York logo -- most of them were advertised as "Y.M. Dork and Sons" or something similar.