Nice 2XJ on the 'Bay

WakinAZ · Post by **WakinAZ** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:23 pm

http://tinyurl.com/3337vn Which model is this? Upright bell and 4 offset (short-action?) valves. Looks pretty nice if it doesn't get bid up too high...

Eric "not in the market for a BAT, really" L.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:12 am

Model 25J.

WakinAZ · Post by **WakinAZ** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:56 pm

Seems like every other horn on eBay has a disclaimer like this on it. Makes me wary, especially when comments about condition of valves and slides are also included by the admitted ignoramus.

Eric "who tends to stop reading and move on to the next listing when he sees stuff like that" L.

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:20 pm

Bob1062 wrote:
- instrument is sold as is - really not my area -

I realize that everyone has the right to sell ANYTHING that they own, but seeing this sorta ticks me off.

How do I read it?
"I don't know anything about this item (is it a euphonium?), but give me lots of money for it because I deserve it."

Seems normal to me. Sometimes you can swoop a seller because they are ignorant and sometime you can't. They do deserve whatever money they can get for their goods. Market forces and all.

Sometimes guys have garage fulls of crap that has to go. Some guys got to estate sales and get a 40 foot trailer full of stuff to sell. They paid $5000 for the trailer full and, if they get a total of $10K for the lot, they are happy. They don't wanna take the time. They wanna move the stuff.

andrew the tuba player · Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:38 am

Hey, Id take it off your hands for ya'

(actually...if you do get it and you like we could maybe trade for a 186 5uc if ya like)

andrew the tuba player · Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:46 am

aww...oh well. I still got my good ole 20J

andrew the tuba player · Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:16 am

hey, if there just gonna toss it in a dumpster, tell me and I'll find there dumpster lol.

andrew the tuba player · Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:33 pm

aww come on...thats almost cruel

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:16 pm

You said you played it. How did it toot?

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:54 pm

Just checked:

2.5 days to go and it's at $1.5K. The seller should be happy with the price. Probably gonna go higher, too. Just got out of my league, though.

This looks like a fun horn. Just a little bit of work on the bell to make it look skookum and perhaps a bit of lacquer touch up on that big acid stain and it would be good to go. The dents on the body don't look big enough to worry about. I think that is the beauty of cases. They prevent a lot of the damage that can come in transport and, if the horn is adult owned as it appears this one is, the dents are only incidental. This horn is about 50 years old and is in pretty good shape all things considered.