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http://cgi.ebay.com/Upright-Tuba-Bell_W ... 2ea8cd6936

This one seems to combine the nice older thicker metal with the more reasonable 19" diameter. Do not get in a bidding war on this. Use EZ Sniper to swoop and scoop. I'm sure there are many folks making plans for this one. I'll watch just for fun...

Eric "who would put in a max bid of around $400" L.

Well... no one needs to be concerned that I want it. Not for $400, anyway! It's already at the upper limit as far as I'm concerned.

bloke wrote:' believe (if I was committed to playing a King 1241/2341 with an "upright" bell), I'd prefer to (simply) stick an old one-piece 19"-20" bell (off of one of those horribly out-of-tune Eb tubas from the 1920's) on it instead.

That's because *you* are Torchmaster Bloke. The rest of us mere mortals would have to contract the work and that kind of a thing isn't cheap.