Last year, I ordered the American receiver from Miraphone and had it installed on the tuba, enabling me to use a mouthpiece with an American shank. I found that the tuba responds quicker and slots better with this set up, that several other players use and recommended. I still have the euro receiver if any buyer wanted to switch them out. The tuba has some small dents and a couple nickel sized ones on the back of the horn. The silver plating is excellent, except for a few spots around the thumb ring area where the hand rests and where it wore off from the previous owner.
This is the only picture I have of it right now. I took it last year for some reason. The shelving piece for slippage is no longer on the instrument. I do have the thumb ring, but I chose not to use it. It screws right on the threaded fitting. The tuba is slightly tarnished in this picture, but it's really tarnished right now from sitting around unplayed. When a buyer is interested, I will have it cleaned, serviced and polished as I did a couple of years ago. It will look and play great. There's no sense in me having it serviced now and letting it tarnish again.
I'm asking $7500.00 for the tuba with an Altieri bag. I'm in the Austin, TX area. Buyer pays shipping within the U.S. You can email me at: tubabill@gmail.com" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank. Thanks!
