FS/FT Eastman 836

[TheDancingSousa]

Hey everybody,

I'm entertaining the idea of trading or selling my Eastman 836.

I love my horn, especially following the modifications it received from Matt Walters. This was one of the first batch of this horn in the states, bought from that set of 4 at the 2018 army workshop by Tom McGrady. It plays wonderfully in tune and has great flexibility, with very even tone across the range of the instrument. I can provide recordings to interested parties.

Honestly, I just don't use it as much as I used to. I'm a school teacher, and my large F tuba fits the ensembles I play in regularly better than this horn, like quintet. I keep trying to find excuses to play it more, but they don't come up very often. It has some wear to the silver from the years of use, and a few dings and scratches from along the way. The worst spot is the top third valve slide, dented from a botched removal at one point a couple years back. It hasn't affected the playability, as far as I can tell, so I've not looked into fixing it.

It would come with a messina covers gigbag, one I had made custom in blue. It has my name on it, but I'm confident that the embroidery could probably be ripped out.

I'm asking for $9,000, but I am willing to entertain offers. I would also be interested in trades for 5/4 size instruments, like a Thor or 2155, assuming we could meet up somewhere to play test. I'm located up in New England, but willing to drive to meet the right person.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out through DMs here or by emailing me at richardlwmyers@gmail.com

Thanks for reading!
Lincoln

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