Conn 3J raw brass 4/4 C tuba

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Conn 3J raw brass 4/4 C tuba

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Hello fellow Tubists,
I have a Conn 3J for sale, found this instrument at an antique store but was missing a piston and needed some work done so I got it at a fair price and decided to work on it. Its been a very nice project and the tuba has had all the dents on the body and main bows removed (only small dings left on some slides that can be seen in pictures). I ordered a new piston from Conn and had it fitted (hence the brighter laquer). Most of the laquer has been removed and is mostly raw brass. Horn has a great sound, intonation is scary good, everything is spot on, and very flexible, intervals on this horn are way easier to play than my bigger CC. The 18 inch bell also gives it a broad open tone that easily supports a good sized wind ensemble, it has that classic American sound. This is a great horn for anybody looking to have a great 4/4 tuba for standing gigs, quintet horn, or a student looking to switch to a CC horn.

Photo link: http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/stefl ... ent&page=1" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

18" bell size.
Valve bore .658
short action valves.
2 slides sections to pull on the 4th valve
Re-enforced bracing, plus protective plates on the bottom bow
weight bottom valve caps.
The ends of all tubes on the 3Js had a rolled

Asking price is 1,600 plus shipping, will throw in a gold Wessex chief mouthpiece free.
Horn is located in McAllen, Texas.

Any questions feel free to contact:Samsalazar33@gmail.com
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Location?
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Fixed and edited, sorry iforgot to mention horn is located in McAllen Texas
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58mark wrote:Damn, that really pushes the "driving distance ratio for me. I'm really tempted by this horn.

Are you ever in San Antonio? I think that's half way
No, sorry... San Antonio is quite some ways and since I just picked up an extra shift at work I don't think I can make it anytime soon.
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Am I confused?

I thought that the Conn 2J and 4J tubas were in CC and the Conn 3J and 5J tubas were in BBb. At least I used to think that.

I don't know what I think after seeing lots of results for a Google search on Conn 3J tuba coming up as CC's.
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Close. 2j,3j =c
4j,5j = B flat
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Please Consider this sold.

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