Well... EXACTLY what is this?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:24 pm

Any of the brand names noted? .... or a clone?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CC-4-VALVE-1-RO ... 257292c692

daveinem · Post by **daveinem** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:18 am

I have been asking myself this question for weeks. A clone in raw brass?

Tubaman2365 · Post by **Tubaman2365** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:32 am

It is this.

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Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:51 am

Tubaman2365 wrote:It is this.

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So this a custom horn made of components from Besson, Yamaha, & Miraphone?

The ad came across to me as something out of The Orient. Sorry.

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:56 am

The text says a buyer can have it silver plated for an extra 1000 pounds sterling. Whee!

Tubaman2365 · Post by **Tubaman2365** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:05 am

TubaTinker wrote:
Tubaman2365 wrote:It is this.

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So this a custom horn made of components from Besson, Yamaha, & Miraphone?

The ad came across to me as something out of The Orient. Sorry.

No, it's basically a besson 995, it just can't be stenciled as such.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:37 pm

Looks like a lot of dent work done on the bottom bow. Still a good deal for the right person.

bort · Post by **bort** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:48 pm

Sure looks like a Besson, but who knows. FWIW, the two Besson 995s I tried were both stinkers with very poor intonation. It sure didn't help them that I play tested next to a Nirschl handmade tuba, which looked the same, but played a bazillion times better (and cost a bazillion times more).

Tubaman2365 · Post by **Tubaman2365** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:09 pm

I don't think that is dent work on the bottom bow, I think it is finger prints on the raw brass. I didn't seem them live though.

tuba.bobby · Post by **tuba.bobby** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:38 am

From what my old teacher told me they are Besson 995's left over from the old factory in Watford. He bought two off the guy and plays them with the CBSO

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