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Holy ****, that's my dream tuba right there.

Willson for sale, I need that horn!

bort wrote:Holy ****, that is exactly what I want!!

It can be yours

That is one cool horn.

lowbrassmaniac wrote:Wow that is awesome..we may never see this for sale again and will probably end up as another for the Simonetti collection.

I sure hope it doesn't end up in the graveyard.

Seller says:

The tuba is tuned in C with an additional Bb slide.

That photo of the extra slide doesn't look like it adds enough length to lower it to BBb. I would guess this horn was from the high pitch/low pitch conversion era and that is what the extra slide is for.

I can confirm that the Conn was professionally serviced (I saw it on the bench) at Volkweins and also that Ted does good work.

SteveP wrote: Well, my guess (because this is my situation) is that they have been playing BBb and Eb for sixty years and just don't want to learn CC fingerings. Old dogs can learn new tricks but sometimes they just don't want to.

I get that.

That's why I'll buy a BBb tuba, not a CC that plays like a BBb

pittbassdaddy wrote:I can confirm that the Conn was professionally serviced (I saw it on the bench) at Volkweins and also that Ted does good work.

Ted does GREAT work!!!

There's been some discussion about the extra slide. It certainly looks like it could add 24" to the open bugle. I think it's indeed a CC/BBb conversion slide.

The $64 question I would have is... Will it really play well as both a CC and a BBb tuba?

ValveSlide wrote:Anyone bidding with 5 DAYS to go on this is being less than smart. Unless you're ready to lay down some huge number in your bid, you're just running it up.

Of course, that may be someone's goal...

Meh, it will go for what it goes for. The last few minutes are meaningful, the first few days not so much. Could go for $3,074.00 or ten grand.

Whoa!

The BBb tuning slide looks like it has a tuning slide! Would that be, like, a telescopic tuning slide?

That's profound.

Not sure i can quite wrap my head around that.

It wasn't me.

Wasn't me either...

Seems we're all surprised at how low it went for.

As much as I love what the Simonetti Collection is, and does; I really hope they didn't win this one.

Heliconer wrote:Wasn't me either...

Seems we're all surprised at how low it went for.

As much as I love what the Simonetti Collection is, and does; I really hope they didn't win this one.

They did not...

Let us know how it plays Mark.

kingconn wrote:Let us know how it plays Mark.

Not me...I wouldn't touch that horn.....