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F Helicon
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:30 am
by humBell
http://ebay.com/itm/302234737613
Some day i will learn to transpose...
Re: F Helicon
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:41 am
by Tubajug
You don't need to learn to transpose, just use different fingerings. All tubas, regardless of key, are non-transposing instruments.
Re: F Helicon
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:20 pm
by humBell
Tubajug wrote:You don't need to learn to transpose, just use different fingerings. All tubas, regardless of key, are non-transposing instruments.
Oh yeah.
That too.
So many things to learn...
Re: F Helicon
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:39 pm
by Tubajug
humBell wrote:So many things to learn...
Yep! That's the fun of it all!
Re: F Helicon
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:42 pm
by bigtubby
... seller not answering questions, shipping costs could become enormous?
Re: F Helicon
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:04 am
by Donn
If Eb would be easier, there's a sort of nice looking
Eb Amati in Bulgaria. Essentially like the Cerveny 611. I had a newer one in a Lignatone stencil, and it was really pretty good.
This one has some weird stuff going on with the leadpipe, now rotates on the tuning slide legs? Probably not a good thing, but may have been done on purpose as the ergonomics of these instruments can drive players to desperation. The F helicon above has more like a sousaphone leadpipe, likely a good thing. (And of course likewise the Eb York on ebay.)
Re: F Helicon
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 4:41 pm
by humBell
bigtubby wrote:... seller not answering questions, shipping costs could become enormous?
Sorry i am not as quick or as thorough as i should be...
Apparently seller is in fact on tubenet (a sponser no less) and perhaps might be more responsive over tubenet? He posted this thread at least.
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