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Rudolf Meinl 5/4 BBb
4 Rotary Valves
Excellent Condition and plays GREAT!
$13,495.00 OBRO plus shipping (New these are over $20K now!)
Located in Beverly, Massachusetts
mike [at] milnarik [dot] com

WILL TRADE FOR: Excellent Meinl Weston 3450 + $ (Preferably lacquer)

One of my personal horns.

My Rudy 3/4 CC and this Rudy 5/4 BBb









Mike Milnarik

I have played this horn and, FWIW, this horn is KILLER! If I had the money and the need for a large BBb horn, I would totally own this!! Intonation is great and the sound is immense and colorful. I think too many players get hung up on needing a CC horn. This horn would be great for ANY large ensemble. If you buy this horn you will NOT regret it!

Yes! (Thanks, arpthark!)

Mike Milnarik

5/4 BBb is the Bayreuth:

http://www.rudolf-meinl.de/index.php?id=4549" target="_blank

The Bayreuth model is a "tweak" of the original 5/4 BBb. There are only a couple of changes - the area around the join between the bottom bow and 1st branch is about 5mm smaller on the Bayreuth, and I think the leadpipe is also slightly different.

I too had the privilege of playing this awesome beast. The low register is like hitting the low pedals on a large organ, and just as easy as well As stated, there is nothing 5/4 about this horn, it is an absolute monster and really one of few 6/4 sized tubas I thought was both easy and FUN to play.

If I had money to play with, I would jump on this.

Photos added.

What year was it built?

Unfortunately, no idea. Rudolf Meinls do not have serial numbers on them, so there really is no way to accurately keep track of them.

Mike Milnarik

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OBRO

SOLD