Is this a particularly unusual Helleberg?

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:32 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =h:h:alt:4

Over $200 for a Conn Helleberg seems a bit extreme. I don't even think that this is old enough to make it any different from a new helleberg.

jacobg · Post by **jacobg** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:46 pm

What is an original?
What makes them more desirable?
If these are in bad shape can they be restored?
Does anyone have any good photos of one?

Mike Finn · Post by **Mike Finn** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:44 am

hmmm... that gives me an idea!

Let's see how this one does: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 7331378031

MF

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:28 pm

Mike Finn wrote:hmmm... that gives me an idea!

Let's see how this one does: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 7331378031

MF

Well, someone's bit already!

CJ Krause · Post by **CJ Krause** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:12 pm

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:49 pm

Allow me to show my ignorance and ask the obvious.

Other than the external design of the old ones, precisely how do these things differ from the current Hellebergs and their endless clones? In particular, how does this make them worth $400?

Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply ask any of the numerous mouthpiece makers if they have the dimensions in their files and could they pretty please whip one up without the dents and scratches?

Are these made of some magic material, like playgoodium?

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:20 am

schlepporello wrote:
Chuck(G) wrote:Are these made of some magic material, like playgoodium?
I thought playgoodium was usually around 110 proof and came in a bottle.
You nnow, you unscrew the top and take a drink, then ALL of the music sounds better.

Hmmm, I thought that was mellotonium.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:59 pm

schlepporello wrote:
Chuck(G) wrote:
schlepporello wrote: I thought playgoodium was usually around 110 proof and came in a bottle.
You know, you unscrew the top and take a drink, then ALL of the music sounds better.
Hmmm, I thought that was mellotonium.
Oops! Sorry, my mistake.

Not, of course, to be confused with the non-alcoholic version (mellophonium) ...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:04 pm

Kevin Hendrick wrote:
schlepporello wrote:
Chuck(G) wrote: Hmmm, I thought that was mellotonium.
Oops! Sorry, my mistake.
Not, of course, to be confused with the non-alcoholic version (mellophonium) ...

Not to be confused with the non-flat version, oboenium ...

Mike Finn · Post by **Mike Finn** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:00 pm

Dang, I was hoping to break $300.

I guess the bloom is off that rose.
Let's see how this one does anyways:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 05311&rd=1

MF

TubaTodd · Post by **TubaTodd** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:03 pm

Maybe this is a dumb question.....

BUT....if the orginal Conn Helleberg mouthpiece design was so special, why did they change it? Was it cost of production?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:37 pm

TubaTodd wrote:Maybe this is a dumb question.....

BUT....if the orginal Conn Helleberg mouthpiece design was so special, why did they change it? Was it cost of production?

Naw... just so's the old ones would fetch more money, and thus create a greater demand for replacement! (besides, where else can you see a neck like that without having to fold down a page?!)