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Re: Musica/B&S F tuba- BIN $2100
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:46 pm
by Uncle Buck
Bob1062 wrote:
$2100 too much for a 4 banger?
IMHO, for a 4-valve F, not necessarily, but not exactly the bargain-of-the-year. 4-valve Fs are just less useful than 4-valves in any other key. (In other words, I would take a 4-valve Yamaha upright EEb long before I would take any 4-valve F.)
Re: Musica/B&S F tuba- BIN $2100
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:49 pm
by Matt G
Plus $2000 to add a fifth (required, IMO) valve.
$4100 mediocre (possibly) F tuba.
What can you get for $4100 on the used market?
Re: Musica/B&S F tuba- BIN $2100
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:58 pm
by bort
Or even the 5-valve B&M F tuba at BBC for $2,700. I'm not sure why that one has hung around for so long. It's had favorable reviews on here, and is a good price and for a quality first F tuba.
(I'm trying to talk myself out of this one... 
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Re: Musica/B&S F tuba- BIN $2100
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:45 pm
by Uncle Buck
I'm not convinced the seller is correct that it is a B&S.
Anybody who knows more about that subject than I do (just about everybody) have any thoughts?
Re: Musica/B&S F tuba- BIN $2100
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:44 pm
by cjk
Uncle Buck wrote:I'm not convinced the seller is correct that it is a B&S.
Anybody who knows more about that subject than I do (just about everybody) have any thoughts?
I agree with you. I think the picture isn't detailed enough to tell what it actually is.