SOLD: Meinl-Weston 2155 5/4 CC 4+1 demo cond. $10,000 w/bag
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This forum is for buying or selling your personal equipment. Sponsored selling is allowed as well. All ads are required to have the following information: Price (even for trades), brand, model, and location (City and State, for instruments, not accessories). It is acceptable to link to an external ad if you are promoting a sale of your personal equipment. No Ebay auctions, but "Buy It Now" listings are fine. Photos are HIGHLY suggested as well, and may be hosted on Google Drive, or elsewhere. If you see an ad that does not meet these criteria, please report it.
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Rivercity Tuba
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Re: Meinl-Weston 2155 5/4 CC 4+1 demo cond. $10,000 w/Tuxedo
Have played this, great horn.
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Dan Bradley
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Re: SOLD: Meinl-Weston 2155 5/4 CC 4+1 demo cond. $10,000 w/
I found the comments about this being a "newer" version of the 2155 interesting. I got a new 2155 in 1997 when the model was relatively new on the market, and I kept it until 2001 or so. It had some huge pros, and some huge cons. The tuba was one of the most powerful, beautiful-sounding horns available ever in this size. It also had excellent intonation and low range. However, the valves were TERRIBLE (always hanging up, cheap springs, cheap valve guides), the bottom slides fell out, the back valve caps were inaccessible, the horn seemed too heavy/responded slowly, and the leadpipe seemed too perpendicular to the bell for a comfortable hand position. Many of these issues were improved on the 2000 model, but the early 2000s still had bad valves. Ron Bishop played a 2000 model for the rest of his career when he finally decided to retire his old Alexander around 2000 or so. The valves on it still sucked, and he was always trying to get them working properly. I don't know much about MAW valves, but they sound like a massive improvement over the old Meinl-Weston piston valves.