Bell front, piston, Alexander BBb

Heavy_Metal · Post by **Heavy_Metal** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:47 pm

Wishful thinking. You can get a good used 163 for less than that.

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:18 pm

...or best offer.

Guest User · Post by **Guest User** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:25 pm

Rich Nahatski never played a small three valve BBb horn in his orchestra. That ad is simply a lie, price notwithstanding.

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:37 pm

PS, I wonder who made the valve set?

Cameron Gates · Post by **Cameron Gates** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:26 pm

bort wrote:PS, I wonder who made the valve set?

It's got a bit of an Amati look to it. Blue felt and all.

$8000. Someone got some bad advice.

Matt Good · Post by **Matt Good** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:25 pm

In my old Alexander catalog from the late 1970s, this tuba is listed as Model# 1162. There is also a Bb "Bariton" listed as Model #1148 and some sousaphones listed as Models 1166 and 1167. All look to me as made by Böhm & Meinl and stenciled by Alexander.

Still not worth $8K.

-Matt

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:14 pm

Matt Good wrote:In my old Alexander catalog from the late 1970s, this tuba is listed as Model# 1162. There is also a Bb "Bariton" listed as Model #1148 and some sousaphones listed as Models 1166 and 1167. All look to me as made by Böhm & Meinl and stenciled by Alexander.

Still not worth $8K.

-Matt

Matt, would you please post a scan of that page?

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:48 pm

Matt Good wrote:In my old Alexander catalog from the late 1970s, this tuba is listed as Model# 1162. There is also a Bb "Bariton" listed as Model #1148 and some sousaphones listed as Models 1166 and 1167.

Is the Bariton a top valve configuration, with bell front? I had one like that (but it didn't look anything like this - ferrules different, lots of silver-plated bling - but it did come to me from Colorado.)

Matt Good · Post by **Matt Good** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 2:26 pm

Donn wrote:
Matt Good wrote:In my old Alexander catalog from the late 1970s, this tuba is listed as Model# 1162. There is also a Bb "Bariton" listed as Model #1148 and some sousaphones listed as Models 1166 and 1167.
Is the Bariton a top valve configuration, with bell front? I had one like that (but it didn't look anything like this - ferrules different, lots of silver-plated bling - but it did come to me from Colorado.)

No, the 1148 Bariton has three front action valves with a bell front.

TheBerlinerTuba · Post by **TheBerlinerTuba** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:19 am

Hello Tubenet,

This tuba was made by Böhm & Meinl probably sometime in the mid to late 1970s. Whether Alexander originally sold it as a stencil or someone later glued on the Alexander badge is irrelevant, the tuba was made by B&M.
This exact model comes up for sale in Germany every so often. Prices range from 150Euro for a good playing beater to 500 Euro for a museum quality example.

While this model plays 'ok', the american horns off which this model was based are superior.

Best regards,
The Berliner Tuba

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