Marzan CC on ebay [not mine :)]

[bort]

Just saw this on ebay. Looks cool! One of the B&M ones, right Dan?

http://cgi.ebay.com/CC-Marzan-Silver-5- ... 60996650QQ" target="_blank" target="_blank

Just sharing what I found. It's not my tuba and I know nothing about it.

[Dan Schultz]

Just saw this on ebay. Looks cool! One of the B&M ones, right Dan?

Yep. If I was shopping for a CC, I'd be jumping on this one!

[UTSAtuba]

Is that an original 5th valve?

Joseph

[Dan Schultz]

Is that an original 5th valve?

Joseph

I would say "yes". Marzan (Bohm & Meinl/Nirschl) built a few of the BBb and CC horns with 5th valves. This one has a tubing wrap different from what is shown in the original catalog but the location of the valve and the mechanism appears original. They probably offered the 5th valve in different configurations.

[Dan Schultz]

Odd description in the ad, "lacquer wear" ... but it is a silver tuba ?

The 5th valve looks different from the (stylized) sketches because the sketches show the long slide in place, the horn on auction showns the flat whole-step slide in place. Hard to tell if it is a "deal" or not, the CCs played a lot differently from the BBflats, and it was the BBflats that give these horns their reputation, not the CC's. Who's the seller?

I'm curious, too. I've emailed the seller.

[ValveSmoke]

"The horn is mine", I say anonymously. The picture only shows the short slide, but the additional second slide that attaches to the 5th valve is also provided. The 5th valve trigger is mounted to the 1st valve casing. Not sure if that was original or an alteration. Works good there, though. "Lacquer" was a bad choice of words. The silver finish is worn, but otherwise the horn is in very good shape.