Gemeinhardt (BMB) F Tuba FS - $3500.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2026 1:42 pm
Hi all. I haven’t been on here for a while. I have a Gemeinhardt J445 F tuba in silver plate that I bought new in 2014 that I would like to sell, as I no longer have need for an F.
The history, if you’re not aware, is that Richard Barth wanted to create an affordable line of York style piston tubas. Richard worked for Gemeinhardt at the time and got them to outsource production of his designs to Brazil. He later had production moved to China and that’s when they became BMB tubas (Big Mouth Brass.) So my Gemeinhart F tuba is an early example, made in Brazil.
So, mine basically sounds more like a small CC tuba, with a very free blowing low register and definitely not like a rotary F. It has the dependent 5th valve. The 5th valve is located in the 4th valve tubing. It’s listed as having a .730”/.750” bore and it has the larger 18 inch bell. It’s light weight, yet very durable. Intonation is good, with me mainly having to use the 1st and 3rd valve tuning slides. The slides are on top and easily accessible. There’s a cross bar running horizontally in the back which is very comfortable to rest your wrist on while manipulating the slides. The 3rd slide has a factory made extension rod and handle for easier manipulation.
I just had the tuba chem. cleaned, 2 dents removed and the tarnished removed 2/16/26. It now looks basically new.
It comes with the factory hard case, which I never used. It also comes with the factory top loading gig bag which is well padded. $3500.for the whole package. Buyer pays shipping, if necessary. Feel free to email me at tubabill@gmail.com for pictures. Thanks for looking! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link
The history, if you’re not aware, is that Richard Barth wanted to create an affordable line of York style piston tubas. Richard worked for Gemeinhardt at the time and got them to outsource production of his designs to Brazil. He later had production moved to China and that’s when they became BMB tubas (Big Mouth Brass.) So my Gemeinhart F tuba is an early example, made in Brazil.
So, mine basically sounds more like a small CC tuba, with a very free blowing low register and definitely not like a rotary F. It has the dependent 5th valve. The 5th valve is located in the 4th valve tubing. It’s listed as having a .730”/.750” bore and it has the larger 18 inch bell. It’s light weight, yet very durable. Intonation is good, with me mainly having to use the 1st and 3rd valve tuning slides. The slides are on top and easily accessible. There’s a cross bar running horizontally in the back which is very comfortable to rest your wrist on while manipulating the slides. The 3rd slide has a factory made extension rod and handle for easier manipulation.
I just had the tuba chem. cleaned, 2 dents removed and the tarnished removed 2/16/26. It now looks basically new.
It comes with the factory hard case, which I never used. It also comes with the factory top loading gig bag which is well padded. $3500.for the whole package. Buyer pays shipping, if necessary. Feel free to email me at tubabill@gmail.com for pictures. Thanks for looking! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link