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Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:45 pm
by Bob Kolada
Cool horn. I love me some big old 3 valve/affordable/goodenoughformostthingsonacontrabass Bb tubas. That one's not exactly affordable though.

Check out, also, the cool 4 top valve King Bb-
http://www.buckeyebrassandwinds.com/bra ... _used.html

Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:07 am
by bisontuba
Hi-
Buckeye Brass is an excellent shop- they also have a nice Alex 4v CC for sale too.
Mark

Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:59 am
by TheHatTuba
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Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:34 pm
by arpthark
That Alex seems cheap, as far as Alexes go. Hopefully it's not a dog. If only I had the cash..

Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:34 pm
by Tom Coffey
arpthark wrote:That Alex seems cheap, as far as Alexes go. Hopefully it's not a dog. If only I had the cash..
I had an Alex like that. $4200 is a little cheap, but this is only a four valve horn. Alexanders vary a lot from horn to horn. I never saw one that was a "dog" but intonation was sometimes an issue. The one I had was actually in tune with no slide work--a point and shoot Alex!
I would try before buying.

Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:23 am
by Tom Coffey
What is tje?

Re: Anyone notice this?

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:29 pm
by Tom Coffey
Oh... (embarrassed). I was thinking "tuba journal euphonium" and permutations thereof. A little slow on the uptake, I guess.