SOLD

[Andy Smith]

Up for sale is a stellar Meinl Weston Fafner.

I purchased this horn in January of 2020 for the looming ring cycle at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Unfortunately, due to Covid, this horn never was used for it’s intended purpose. However, since that time I’ve used this horn extensively with the Lyric Opera and with the Grant Park Orchestra.

This is one of the absolute best BBb tubas I’ve ever played. Every brass section I’ve played it in seems to prefer this horn to anything else I play! It is far and away the most in tune tuba I’ve ever owned. Very minimal slide pulling needed aside from the obvious pulling needed for the extreme low register with only four valves. As shown in the pictures, I’ve had a custom adjustable slide pull out onto the first valve to help with reaching the slide.

If you want to absolutely shake the walls of any room you play in, this is the horn for it. It has a huge, warm, Germanic sound that can be easily manipulated to fit the moment.

The horn has minor cosmetic wear as shown in the pictures. Some lacquer wear and a few small dents which make absolutely no difference in how the instrument plays. In addition to the first valve pull, I’ve also had a Saturn water key installed, as well as a small water key in the fourth valve tubing in the back which makes emptying the fourth much more convenient.

The only reason I’m selling this stellar horn is that I’ve found my white whale of BBb tubas and I can’t justify keeping two around. Asking price is $9000 and includes an MTS hard case. The horn is located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. I’m very leery of shipping tubas, but I would be happy to drive a couple of hours to meet interested parties.

I would also be interested in a trade for a good rotary PT6 if anyone is interested!

Pictures are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... w3JWPdHDkn

If interested, message me here or email me at Andy dot Lutz dot Smith at gmail.com

[joshwirt]

Seriously great instrument. Everything Andy said is spot on. The best way to describe the sound this horn makes is SEISMIC! GREAT pitch, tone, blow. It’s all there.

JW

[Andy Smith]

Bump