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Ive got a Getzen G50 its 5 years old. I am going to grad school and am debating weather or not to buy a 6/4 horn outright, or do some sort of trade in or sell my 4/4 Getzen horn. Ill send some photos of the horn taken about 3 months ago to whoever woudl like to see what kind of interest is out there for my tuba... drop me an e-mail or anything along the lines. the silver is at about %90 one or two small minor minor dings about the size of a dime, otherwise works mint. was chem cleaned 6 months ago.
let me knwo what u guys think...

Basically the same tuba.

I have a Canadian Brass CB-50, which is the earlier version of the Getzen G-50. Even among CB-50s, mine is a very early model. The later models had a leadpipe that was a little lower and they had a slightly different 5th valve mechanism and far more elaborate engraving on the bell.

For those that don't know, the CB/G-50 is the production version of the 4/4 CC Bob Rusk cut/built for Charles Daellenbach of the Canadian Brass based on a York Monster Eb bell and bottom bow. The horn features the trademark Rusk 5th valve in the leadpipe before the 4 piston valve section. As long as we're talking about Canadian Brass, this is the tuba Daellenbach was playing (only he played one with a detachable 5th valve) when he first started using George McCrackin's carbon fiber bells.

They are fantastic CC tubas...they can do absolutely everything, and needless to say they make the ultimate quintet tubas. At one time Chester Schmitz played one in the Boston Symphony as did David Fedderly in the Baltimore Symphony. I believe the G-50 was even the last tuba Arnold Jacobs played due to the fact that it shared many of the traits of his 6/4 Yorks but was easier to manage during the last several years of his life. Many military bandsmen own/play them as well as many university professors.

I can't believe they aren't more popular considering the popularity of the York 6/4 design and Rusk-cut Yorks and Holtons. On top of that, it's a 4/4 CC, which is much more practical (and affordable) than a 6/4.

They don't show up used too often and they tend to get snapped up when they do show up for sale. David Fedderly tends to get 2 or 3 a year (used) in. They tend to sell for between $5,000 and $7,000

This one is no longer for sale, is not mine, and is modified slightly (wider 5th valve wrap), but it's a Getzen G-50

There ya go...

i think i might just keep it. i just knwo i need a bigger sounding horn. this horn is crazy otherwise. ill try it for the next year at NEC... but if i need bigger, i might just buy a new one and keep the G-50. only thing i hate about my G-50 is the silver wears off like a mofo. serisouly... it blows lol

Getzeng50s wrote: only thing i hate about my G-50 is the silver wears off like a mofo. serisouly... it blows lol

Yep...exact same problem with mine...crappy silver plating. Every G-50 I've has the problem too.

Perhaps someday I'll have it totally overhauled and replated (actually, I'd rather have it left stripped and left in raw brass). Right now mine is in excellent condition othewise, so I live with the silver plate wear.