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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:57 am
by trseaman
Your picture isn't working, let me help...
I've played this horn and it's really great! The condition is actually worse than his description but it plays really well... (wink, wink)
BUMP
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:23 pm
by iiipopes
You're right. It's a B______. It's a big B______. It's all B______!
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:57 pm
by windshieldbug
bloke wrote:a mouthpiece, which he says is a good one...I can't get it to fit into the tuba
Just try putting it in the big end! I'm sure it will fit there!
(I wasn't a pro player for nothin'!)

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:15 pm
by Chuck(G)
You forgot to mention that the slide-thingy was missing.
Re: tuba - interest?
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:19 pm
by windshieldbug
bloke wrote:I am entertaining
Oh, and you used the wrong smiley-face!
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:05 pm
by trseaman
Oops!
My picture link didn't work... Let's try that again. The picture is a little dark and blurry but I have put an arrow where the dent is. Hope this helps!

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:10 pm
by windshieldbug
trseaman wrote:I have put an arrow where the dent is. Hope this helps!
But does it affect play? [in the NHL?]
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:42 pm
by tofu
I have played this horn and it is the best horn I have ever played. If I had the money I would buy it. It was once owned by a great symphonic player whose name I can't remember and I can't verify his ownership. You should buy this horn before it gets away as it is too great to pass up. My teacher said this is the best horn he has ever heard or played.
Buy this horn - it will bring you Much Happy!
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:48 pm
by windshieldbug
I have played this horn, and it is without a doubt the best horn of any key that I have played. I'd buy it, but I feel that I will be a better player for having to overcome the challenges of my current horn.
This horn is so fantastic that tuba4sissies said that it made him an even BETTER player!
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:05 pm
by Naptown Tuba
I had one of these horns and it didn't play well
at all. However, a friend had one of the same models and his played
like a dream. I think it was all because he had a Walt Johnson case and I didn't.

That
has to be why his sounded better.
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:06 am
by Carroll
bloke wrote:What color?
Now why did you have to go and play the race card?
http://www.naacp.org/news/2006/2006-06-08-2.html
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:50 am
by Mike Finn
I've heard these can be great horns for the money, but they're just a little... well, you know...
stuffy
(Of course, the one I tried might just have been mouthpiece sensitive.)
MF
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:56 am
by Paul S
Mike Finn wrote:I've heard these can be great horns for the money, but they're just a little... well, you know...
stuffy
(Of course, the one I tried might just have been mouthpiece sensitive.)
MF
I think it only seems stuffy because the valves probably just need to be aligned and then vented to prevent the excessive popping sounds that make it seem less free blowing. I have heard that typically this is the only problem with this model horn but it is an easy fix with a cordless drill at home.
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:55 am
by oldbandnerd
Does it have a silver or lacquered finish ? I have read on this forum and others that this particular horn ( in silver) has a much brighter sound and is worth way more then the same one in lacquer .
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:26 am
by oldbandnerd
Sorry Bloke.
So ......Are those bits of coating that are left silver or lacquer ? The silver bits play brigthter and are worth more then the lacquer bits .
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:54 am
by pulseczar
My grandmother's niece's best friend's dad's hamster is thinking of picking up the tuba and this sounds like a good horn for it. I'd buy it if you lower the price.
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:29 am
by windshieldbug
Could you deliver it to Guam? I don't get out of the house much. Is it in good condition for it's age?
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:10 pm
by Naptown Tuba
I've always wanted to run over a tuba with a steam roller. I don't care what key it is, how big it is, what the finish is. All I care about is that you can guarantee that when I'm done with it, it'll be flatter than a pancake; if so, then consider it SOLD.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:40 am
by trseaman
oldbandnerd wrote:Does it have a silver or lacquered finish ? I have read on this forum and others that this particular horn ( in silver) has a much brighter sound and is worth way more then the same one in lacquer .
HEY...
I posted a perfectly good picture of this tuba...

Why are there still questions about it being lacquer or silver??? Pay attention people... YOU buyers just want everything handed to you on a silver/lacquer platter...
All kidding aside, what's with all the 186's for sale lately??? Here and Ebay...
Tim

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:20 am
by windshieldbug
Naptown Tuba wrote:I've always wanted to run over a tuba with a steam roller. I don't care what key it is, how big it is, what the finish is. All I care about is that you can guarantee that when I'm done with it, it'll be flatter than a pancake; if so, then consider it SOLD.
