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Hello everyone,

I recently purchased an M&M 4500 CC Tuba and am wondering if anyone else has any experience with this model of horn.

Thanks

Hi
M&M 4500
Since you bought the Tuba used , very possible that the first owner never maintained the instrument, or cleaned the slides or Valves

I would take the Tuba to a Tech for maintenance ,

It is a good idea to have the Instrument sanitized since you do not know who played the tuba before you

Thank you

Terry

Thanks for the reply, keep us informed on the TU 4500 , we have sold over 80 TU M&M 4500 instruments and have had excellent feed back

Let us know if you need anything ,


Best

Michael
M&M

I noticed the same issues with a very flat notes using the third or fourth valves. I had never sat down with a tuner and checked out the intonation of a horn as closely as I did with this one, so I wasn't sure if it was just me or the horn. With that being said, I do enjoy playing the horn especially in the upper register.

What Miraphone model is this horn a copy of? I've been trying to find which horn it is modeled after and it looks similar to the PT-6P or a 5/4 PT-7P.

The 1295 was actually the previous horn I owned. There are a number of differences between those two horns, mostly the location of the trigger slide and room to move slides under the top bow. The M&M stamp certainly looks similar to Miraphone's.

The low register was much easier to play on the 1295 but the high register, mainly the B-flat, is better on the 4500. There are also some alternate fingerings I have to use when playing the 4500 that weren't a problem with the 1295.The 1295 is a better horn but with the price difference, the 4500 is not a bad horn at all.

I've recently acquired a M&M 4500, and was wondering how your new cut 3rd valve circuit looks like. Also, I'm fairly certain my main tuning slide is way longer than what it should be.

FWIW, I think the 4500 takes its 'inspiration' from a B&S PT-20P. The similarities are the closest I've seen (compared to other tubas mentioned).