' anyone ever heard of...

[roweenie]

...an orchestra violinist buying one Strad for practicing at home, and one Strad for the hall ?

(asking for a friend)

I should be so lucky to have more friends like that

[windshieldbug]

A violinist playing TWO different Bach trumpets!?
One Mt. Vernon and one Elkhart, maybe?

[proam]

I thought most Strad violins were bought or owned by consortiums these days and only given to the artist on loan.

[Three Valves]

You don’t expect a delicate genius to go lugging that thing around, do you??

[windshieldbug]

I don’t even know how string players afford the bows some of them have!?

[bisontuba]

I know a patron here in Buffalo just bought the new harp player a top of the line new Lyon & Healy harp...so she would have an extra one...

[bort]

Question -- are orchestra-owned tubas common is big German orchestras? That's my recollection, but I can't remember for sure.

[Ken Herrick]

When I first came to Australia in '71 the tuba players in all of the 8 major orchestras were provided with an orchestra owned tuba; B&H Imperial 4v Eb.

[Ace]

About 20+ years ago, I heard that the San Francisco Opera Company bought a $22,000 cimbasso for the orchestra.

Ace

[Three Valves]

“Try before you buy!!”

[Ken Herrick]

A pricey SF-located cimbasso have been mentioned to me by someone who has access to it. Reviews are not enthusiastic.

Could be a market for a custom blokebasso there.

[tubapix]

What about this epic super-ultra rare Stradivarius Tuba?!?
http://www.absolutely-unbelievable.com/?p=3400" target="_blank

[windshieldbug]

What about this epic super-ultra rare Stradivarius Tuba?!?
http://www.absolutely-unbelievable.com/?p=3400" target="_blank" target="_blank

Now THAT'S a tuba that has several "bow"s...

[iiipopes]

Before CSO bought them both: one York CC for home, one York CC for performance?