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The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:12 pm
by windshieldbug
The Official Instrument Of TubeNet:

An 1894 TUBEAPHONE

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"GREAT FOR ANY COLLECTOR"

Re: The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:56 pm
by The Big Ben
Well, if I could get someone to cut it to CC, I might go for it.

Re: The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:05 pm
by TubaRay
The Big Ben wrote:Well, if I could get someone to cut it to CC, I might go for it.
LOL

Re: The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:03 pm
by windshieldbug
bloke wrote:
TubaRay wrote:
The Big Ben wrote:Well, if I could get someone to cut it to CC, I might go for it.
LOL
It REALLY needs a "ninth bar" to be considered a "professional model".
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa... that would be a ninth tube! (for those LOW notes) :D

Re: The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:27 pm
by termite
Does it have a typically English, German or American sound?

Re: The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:54 pm
by windshieldbug
Strangelove wrote:"Turkish Tubephone"
Only Turkeys play that... :P

Re: The Official Instrument Of TubeNet

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:39 pm
by tbn.al
the one in the OP appears to be a 6/4 raw brass model and the Turkish pic looks like maybe a 3/4 in silver plate. I wonder if there is a difference in the tone quality?