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FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 9:37 am
by TubaTodd
After careful consideration I am putting my Rudi Meinl 4/4 CC w/ Cronkhite gig bag up for sale or trade. It is a great instrument with a lovely dark tone. I've enjoyed playing and owning it for sure, but it's time to let it go.
According to Lee Stofer this tuba is about 40 years old. It's in great shape for its age but it has been well loved. There are no dents to speak of but, it has certainly had some work over its 40 years. There is a small patch that was added to the bell. The valves are very quick and light.
The horn was ultrasonically cleaned and serviced a few months ago. It also had the main slide worked on by bloke so it's super smooth.
Price: $6500 (no shipping)
Location: Birmingham, AL
Travel: I am willing to drive 2-4 hours from Birmingham to meet
Trade Interests: 4/4+
CC or F tubas. Primarily interested in piston horns
B&S Thumb ring added
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:17 pm
by Cameron
Hello, I hope you are doing well I was wondering if you would be interested in trading your horn for my Eastman 836 it comes with a leather gig bag to my email is
cdmitchell031204@gmail.com if you are interested.
Sincerely,
Cameron Mitchell
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2025 1:19 pm
by TubaTodd
Cameron wrote: ↑Fri Nov 21, 2025 12:17 pm
Hello, I hope you are doing well I was wondering if you would be interested in trading your horn for my Eastman 836 it comes with a leather gig bag to my email is
cdmitchell031204@gmail.com if you are interested.
Sincerely,
Cameron Mitchell
Emailed
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2025 3:16 pm
by TubaTodd
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Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2025 9:46 pm
by johnfuente
Very interested. Emailed you.
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2025 1:47 pm
by TubaTodd
johnfuente wrote: ↑Fri Dec 05, 2025 9:46 pm
Very interested. Emailed you.
Emailed you back.
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 3:01 am
by BrassoProfundo
I'm shopping for a sole orchestral horn; no budget for an F. Can this essentially do it all? Rudi Meinl 4/4 sounds more like 5/4?
The patched bell is worrisome. Do I understand correctly: Lee Stoffer worked on it says it's good?
Thanks
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2026 12:16 pm
by TubaTodd
BrassoProfundo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 03, 2026 3:01 am
I'm shopping for a sole orchestral horn; no budget for an F. Can this essentially do it all? Rudi Meinl 4/4 sounds more like 5/4?
The patched bell is worrisome. Do I understand correctly: Lee Stoffer worked on it says it's good?
Thanks
Thank you for your interest. Can it do it all? There is plenty of repertoire that is best suited to an F tuba. But this is a solid contra-bass CC tuba. As far as size, Rudi Meinls are usually on the conservative side of sizing. It's definitely a larger 4/4. The bell patch was put on the horn several owners ago to address a thin spot. In 2025, I had a local repair person (
https://www.katixmusic.com/) remove the patch, smooth out the bell as close to 100% as possible and put back the patch. I would say Katy did a MUCH better/cleaner job that the previous person did.
The previous owner said that Matt Walters has had the horn in his possession for a basic cleaning and he spoke highly of the horn. I can't independently vouch for that. That is just what I was told. Having had both Matt and Lee work on my horns before, I don't believe either one did the patch or some of the other previous soldering. Katy did a lot of solder clean up work. There's a thread on the tubaforum where I posted some of the "glow up" work she did.
Re: FS/FT Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC + Bag
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2026 4:41 pm
by BrassoProfundo
TubaTodd wrote: ↑Sun Jan 04, 2026 12:16 pm
Thank you for your interest. Can it do it all? There is plenty of repertoire that is best suited to an F tuba. But this is a solid contra-bass CC tuba. As far as size, Rudi Meinls are usually on the conservative side of sizing. It's definitely a larger 4/4. The bell patch was put on the horn several owners ago to address a thin spot. In 2025, I had a local repair person (
https://www.katixmusic.com/) remove the patch, smooth out the bell as close to 100% as possible and put back the patch. I would say Katy did a MUCH better/cleaner job that the previous person did.
The previous owner said that Matt Walters has had the horn in his possession for a basic cleaning and he spoke highly of the horn. I can't independently vouch for that. That is just what I was told. Having had both Matt and Lee work on my horns before, I don't believe either one did the patch or some of the other previous soldering. Katy did a lot of solder clean up work. There's a thread on the tubaforum where I posted some of the "glow up" work she did.
Thank you, Todd!