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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:16 am
by Bandmaster
Gee... it kind of looks like these...
The difference seems to be that the valve paddles are slanted, but other than that they look the same.
It is a very nice looking horn though! Somebody will be very lucky to get it!
King Tuba
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:51 pm
by Joel Bristor
I am interested in your tuba. Please let me know how you plan to go about placing a selling price on it.
Regards,
Joel Bristor
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:14 pm
by Barney
Give Steve Dillon a call (
http://www.dillonmusic.com/). He's not only owner of one of the biggest brass retailers in the U.S., but also a brass history buff (especially with American companies like Conn and King). He buys and sells more vintage instruments than anyone, and might be able to put a fair dollar figure on that horn.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:04 pm
by cjk
It's worth whatever somebody's willing to pay for it. Appraisals don't always translate to what the market will bear.
Put it for sale on Ebay with an extremely well written ad and lots of detailed pictures with no reserve and find out (what Mike Lynch is willing to pay for it).
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:35 pm
by geneman06
Don't sell on ebay, you should have no problem finding a buyer on tubenet or basscleffbrass.com or the alike.
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:18 am
by bttmbow
I think you should donate it to me. You could claim it on your taxes!! I'm a non-profit BBb tuba player-wannabe(stuck in a CC tuba world), who is pining for your horn, but needs to sell almost all of the brass in my house to pay off all the other stuff that I haven't paid for yet.
If you CAN'T just straight up GIVE it to me, I'll have to wait until the new owner lets me toot on it, just so he/she can get me to stop asking,"So, can I try your tuba?!"
(I wish I was a trust-fund baby!)
CJH
P.S. "tax deductable!!!!"
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:03 am
by MikeMason
hey,don't you have the highest paid orchestra job in the country? Just write a check....(urban legend I heard one time about the principal trpt job that came open in the Met when I was in school).
Re: On another note... the mouthpiece
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:16 am
by UDELBR
Tachikoma wrote: Have you guys seen a mouthpiece like this?
I've got one that's quite similar. The only marking on it is "KINGROSS". I've yet to hear a credible story as to its origin.
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:00 pm
by ken k
so you should call the guy from disneyland and tell him it si now for sale.
ken k