SOLD York "Grand Rapids Inst. Co" 5V converted F

[tubalex]

This tuba has been sold.









Hi tubenet,

Price drop for the ultimate stocking stuffer!!! $3500

For sale is a tuba cobbled together by a good friend who knows my sonic tastes very well:

This is a York e-flat tuba (part of the Grand Rapids Inst. Co "USA Line") converted to be an F tuba via a King valveset and serious, protracted tinkering on both our parts. Also included is a Reunion Blues gig bag which I'm pretty sure I've only used five times (this tuba has lived mostly in my home practice studio for the past two years, both in Arizona and Tennessee.)

The voice, projection and depth of sound of this tuba is magnificent. I've spent a lot of time around various Yorks, including the one regularly used in the CSO, and this tuba's tone is along those lines; incredibly colorful, PLENTY of volume, very, very sweet.

Intonation quirks require some alternate fingerings, but once you've learned the horn, it is a truly glorious instrument to play, especially when playing solos with a large accompanying ensemble. This is the tuba I used to play Vizzutti's "Cityscape" concerto with an Army field band at SWRTEC in 2015, and it was exactly the right instrument for that performance; one of my most personally satisfying solo performances ever.

***new video; excerpts of Snedecor, Gregson, Albinoni, with low, mid, high range, and up-close views of fingerings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30TjYWH ... e=youtu.be" target="_blank" target="_blank

Here it is solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr41EHU ... freload=10" target="_blank" target="_blank

And with brass quintet accompaniment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XKPtjdrQo" target="_blank" target="_blank

I'm asking $3500 for the tuba and gig bag. It's located in Knoxville, TN. With no hard case I won't ship for trials. I'm selling because my family is expanding and the Firebird is still my preferred all-around F tuba; no room in the stable for two F tubas anymore.

tubalex at yahoo dot com for more info.

[k001k47]

Whoa, this thing is the Godzilla of f tubas. You sound great on it!

[Tubajug]

I do love me a good frankentuba!

[tubalex]

Bump for a new video demonstrating low, mid, high range with up-close view of fingerings!

[tubalex]

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[tubalex]

bump for price drop!

[tubalex]

Bump for $3500; I have another tuba to pay for, time to sell this one!

[DouglasJB]

I wish I would have thought to ask you to bring it to Tuba Christmas Yesterday, I would love to give the horn a try sometime.

[tubalex]

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