Maestro???
- Dan Schultz
- TubaTinker
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I bought a Maestro 4 valve Wagner style euphonium several months ago just to see how the quality was. I think it was $295 plus $40 freight. It turned out to be a very good playing horn. In fact... I had two guys practically fighting to buy it from me. I ended up selling it to one of them. He plays it weekly in a German band I play with and is tickled to death with it. The finish has held up very well and the rotary valves/linkage seem to be performing well. This may just have been a very good horn compared to the 500 others in the production run that may have been junk.... I don't know. The origin is China. I think I was lucky on the euph. You should probably play the tuba in question before you plunk down your $1,000. ... in fact, you should play ANY horn before you decide to buy it.
Dan Schultz
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
"The Village Tinker"
http://www.thevillagetinker.com" target="_blank
Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
- Chuck(G)
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