KEEFER BBb helicon

sugawi · Post by **sugawi** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:56 pm

Christmas around the corner...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/262744199356

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:37 pm

High quality horns.

Too bad it doesn't have the nifty Keefer finger buttons, though.....

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 11:11 pm

roweenie wrote:High quality horns.

Too bad it doesn't have the nifty Keefer finger buttons, though.....

Those are nifty. Were they OEM on all Keefer horns?

humBell · Post by **humBell** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:35 pm

Pictures in horn-u-copia got the nifty finger buttons, but i have not seen them on a tuba in person yet.

Tanks for pointing it out!

I am a big fan of Keefer, Distin, and Boosey & Co, which probably says more about me than it does about them...

I believe Baltimore Brass still has a Keefer Sousaphone listed.

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:16 pm

I've seen those buttons on a few Keefer tubas...

bigtubby · Post by **bigtubby** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:39 pm

FWIW I have a beautiful silver Keefer sousaphone bell that I would love to find a horn for.

OR

If someone has a bell-less Keefer sousie I would part with the bell to make it whole.

sousaphonehero · Post by **sousaphonehero** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:45 pm

Listing just ended. Too expensive for what could possibly be a less-than-perfect horn. (In my opinion)

humBell · Post by **humBell** » Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:17 pm

Back up as a buy it now for the same price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262753043937

humBell · Post by **humBell** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:00 pm

The helicon hasn't reappeared, so presumably it has found a hapoy home. And someone beat me to Baltimore Brass, as the Sousaphone is no longer listed. Alas, alack and well-a-day.

If anyone here got it, from the pictures, it looked like it had been adapted for a more modern sousaphone neck. I wouldn't mind hearing how that worked. But it is just idle curiosity...

I also meant to mention for the benefit of other Keefer seekers that Dillon Music has an Eb Keefer helicon listed as well.

humBell · Post by **humBell** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:45 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/122298955832

Perhaps i should start a new thread? Meh. Too lazy.

humBell · Post by **humBell** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:09 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252712692042

And this one not only has a lyre and a mouthpiece, it has fancy enamel finger buttons.

Who could ask for anything more?

And my apologies for inflicting my obsession on everyone here.

bigtubby · Post by **bigtubby** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:12 pm

humBell wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/122298955832

Perhaps i should start a new thread? Meh. Too lazy.

Has anyone here played one of these as well as a York Monster Eb and who can give a comparison?

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