harold wrote:Yup - I played one at the importer's office in Kent, WA. If I purchased one, I would need to pay the same shipping even if I picked it up myself.
It is a big shiny piece of crap. The valves sucked, the metal was thin, there were a ton of intonation problems.
I buy a lot of tubas and I can tell you that you can't get a decent horn for less than $1,500 unless it needs a ton of work or the seller is a total idiot.
I won't waste any more of my time on these horns - I already wasted 2 hours of my like that I can't ever have back.
Interesting, I was thinking about driving down there and trying one. So you think I would be wasting my time?