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Re: York Tuba
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:47 am
by bububassboner
Hmm...
Looking at ALL of the pictures the buyer should expect a lot of red rot. (Last picture shows the receiver NOT connected to the horn with chunks of leadpipe on it)
Re: York Tuba
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:03 am
by J.c. Sherman
"wouldn't kick 'er out of bed for snoring" as they say...
<<drool>>
J.c.S.
Re: York Tuba
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:14 pm
by Alex C
bloke wrote:The York "Monster" Eb tuba pictured below, originally, was mine.
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It would cost more than the price of a Willson 3400 to "win" the distressed York "Monster" Eb tuba off of eBay and put it in top condition (as pictured below), at =440, and (again, as pictured below) fully chromatic with 5 valves.
The York in the auction is a BBb, right?
I'd bid but I know it's going to go higher than a sane person would pay.
Re: York Tuba
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:42 pm
by UDELBR
Alex C wrote:The York in the auction is a BBb, right?
Pretty sure the one in the auction is a monster Eb. (I used to own one.)
Re: York Tuba
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:34 pm
by tbn.al
[quote="bloke"]
It would cost more than the price of a Willson 3400 to "win" the distressed York "Monster" Eb tuba off of eBay and put it in top condition (as pictured below), at =440, and (again, as pictured below) fully chromatic with 5 valves.
[quote]
It went for $1875.21. Anybody in the repair business care to speculate on what it might cost to bring it up to something you would want to play?
Re: York Tuba
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:38 pm
by The Big Ben
tbn.al wrote:
It went for $1875.21. Anybody in the repair business care to speculate on what it might cost to bring it up to something you would want to play?
Well, that's the kind of thing Sam uses with 2341 parts and a rotor plus labor to make his horns.
So....
About $6K all in...
Re: York Tuba
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:47 pm
by Dan Schultz
The Big Ben wrote:tbn.al wrote:
It went for $1875.21. Anybody in the repair business care to speculate on what it might cost to bring it up to something you would want to play?
Well, that's the kind of thing Sam uses with 2341 parts and a rotor plus labor to make his horns.
So....
About $6K all in...
Sam bought that York. That's a lot of money for a parts horn. I'll bet he has better use for it than to use just the bell and bows for one of his CC horns.