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Does this look familiar?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:51 am
by J.c. Sherman
Is it just me, or does this look a little like the old King solid-bell monster?!?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tuba-BBb-New-Model- ... 9100336683" target="_blank
J.c.S.
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:16 am
by k001k47
Looks like a 191 with a weird first valve slide.
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:47 pm
by tclements
Looks like a Hirsbrunner HB-2
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:43 pm
by bort
That gold plating is pretty random. To me, it looks like a mistake...
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:57 pm
by Mark
bort wrote:That gold plating is pretty random. To me, it looks like a mistake
Is that gold plating or lacquered brass? Is that silver plating or nickel? Either way, this is not a clone.
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:13 pm
by J.c. Sherman
My bad... I don't know the 191 well
The coil after the tuning slide and the bell shape is what had my attention. Thanks all!
However, I'd be surprised if the gold touches weren't lacquer - gold is REALLY pricey these days.
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:16 am
by J.c. Sherman
bloke wrote:I just noticed something about the Miraphone BBb 191 pictured above:
Check out (not the removable slides, but) the elbows and female slides (connected to the valveset). That stuff is CC length, and the removable slides have extra long ferrule "extensions" on them to make them BBb length.
I'll be damned! You're right as usual!
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:18 am
by bububassboner
bloke wrote:I just noticed something about the Miraphone BBb 191 pictured above:
Check out (not the removable slides, but) the elbows and female slides (connected to the valveset). That stuff is CC length, and the removable slides have extra long ferrule "extensions" on them to make them BBb length.
The 191 and the 291 do share the same valve block...
Re: Does this look familiar?
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:46 am
by UTSAtuba
bububassboner wrote:bloke wrote:I just noticed something about the Miraphone BBb 191 pictured above:
Check out (not the removable slides, but) the elbows and female slides (connected to the valveset). That stuff is CC length, and the removable slides have extra long ferrule "extensions" on them to make them BBb length.
The 191 and the 291 do share the same valve block...
Close, but not really...I don't have time to post them, but check out the difference between the fourth valve slide. The 191 was here long before the 291, as well.
Joseph