Ugly but in a *good* way...

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:47 pm

Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3DWatching

Big 20J Conn covered in tarnish, nicotine stains, blood from knife fights, stale beer, vomit and what have you. It's from South Texas and I can just see it providing the bottom for a mariachi band right on the border... Probably was purchased new and spent the last 50 years perched on a stand at the back of the stage.

The tubes aren't crushed badly so it might play OK. (With tubes that big, they would be fine if they were half-crushed...) This horn, a heavily starched white shirt with ruffles and black pants with a sharp crease in each leg and you are in business...

Jeff "I got a vivid imagination" Benedict

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:54 pm

ben wrote:Someone should forward this to Andrew the tuba player. ....

Maybe I'll sell it to him after I buy it and smooth it out a bit!

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:30 pm

TubaTinker wrote:
ben wrote:Someone should forward this to Andrew the tuba player. ....
Maybe I'll sell it to him after I buy it and smooth it out a bit!

I was thinking the bell needed to be shaped into a more bell-like object and then just call it good. The other pipes really aren't bashed in too bad and it really has a unique character. I have been following it and might throw in a bid if it doesn't get much higher....

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Ugly but in a good way...

Ugly but in a good way...