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Is this a particularly unusual Helleberg?
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:32 pm
by Lew
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:46 pm
by jacobg
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?
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:44 am
by Mike Finn
hmmm... that gives me an idea!
Let's see how this one does:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 7331378031
MF
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:28 pm
by Chuck(G)
Well, someone's bit already!
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:12 pm
by CJ Krause
yup
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:49 pm
by Chuck(G)
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?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:20 am
by Chuck(G)
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:59 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
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 (mello
phonium) ...
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:04 pm
by windshieldbug
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 (mello
phonium) ...
Not to be confused with the
non-flat version, oboenium ...
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:00 pm
by Mike Finn
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
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:03 pm
by TubaTodd
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?
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:37 pm
by windshieldbug
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?!)