Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:35 am
This is a very nice, very unique tuba with a great sound! People looking for their first F tuba can not beat the price!
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:03 pm
When Im ready to buy my first F this is a tuba I deffinately have to look at but ive been looking around at different sites and cant find any place that sells them. does any one know of a place that sells this model?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:00 pm
I don't know about this model, but Lee Stofer can answer any questions you may have about Rudy Meinl tubas.TUBAMUSICIAN87 wrote:When Im ready to buy my first F this is a tuba I deffinately have to look at but ive been looking around at different sites and cant find any place that sells them. does any one know of a place that sells this model?
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:01 pm
And guess what? This is my old Rudy Meinl F tuba. Chris even used my pictures of the horn on his ebay add. That is against the rules, but as a tubenet friend I'll let him slide. 
The horn did belong to Tommy. He had Robb Stewart, who is excellent by the way, maker of Jim Self's Fluba, switch the fifth valve to the thumb position. I know he played it in a number of films in the early nineties and both Tommy and I agreed that it has the prettiest high register of any F tuba we had tried. He sold it when he started playing exclusively on his 822 F in 1992.
I used the horn sparingly over the years, but it is a great horn. It has a wonderful soloistic sound, and can be played in tune easily with the six valves. The valves also allow for some great trill alternatives, especially in the Vaughn Williams Concerto.
Good luck selling the thing. I miss it a bunch. It is more difficult to center the few notes around low C, but with a good feel for the horn, it doesn't cause problems. It just isn't possible for a horn like this to sound like a CC tuba in that register. If you absolutely need that, get a Yamaha. That's what I did.
Another thing I remember that was exceptional is the pedal register. Going all the way down it is centered, and the sound is silky and smooth. I would often use this horn to play a pedal note or two in recordings. It sounded better than my Yorkbrunner in the LOW-LOW range.
It's kind of fun still knowing it's around. I wonder who'll get it next?
The horn did belong to Tommy. He had Robb Stewart, who is excellent by the way, maker of Jim Self's Fluba, switch the fifth valve to the thumb position. I know he played it in a number of films in the early nineties and both Tommy and I agreed that it has the prettiest high register of any F tuba we had tried. He sold it when he started playing exclusively on his 822 F in 1992.
I used the horn sparingly over the years, but it is a great horn. It has a wonderful soloistic sound, and can be played in tune easily with the six valves. The valves also allow for some great trill alternatives, especially in the Vaughn Williams Concerto.
Good luck selling the thing. I miss it a bunch. It is more difficult to center the few notes around low C, but with a good feel for the horn, it doesn't cause problems. It just isn't possible for a horn like this to sound like a CC tuba in that register. If you absolutely need that, get a Yamaha. That's what I did.
Another thing I remember that was exceptional is the pedal register. Going all the way down it is centered, and the sound is silky and smooth. I would often use this horn to play a pedal note or two in recordings. It sounded better than my Yorkbrunner in the LOW-LOW range.
It's kind of fun still knowing it's around. I wonder who'll get it next?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:54 pm
There are now two ads for this horn on netinstruments.com
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:34 am
EBay Listing
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:47 am
Did you notice this horn on EBay today?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:55 am
I think I would be really careful with a vendor that has 0 transactions, and a price like that for a tuba like that with no reserve... 
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:23 pm
Chris, I think it's amazing how many emails I get through eBay from people trying to offer me "second chances" to sell me stuff... some of them were up months ago. I forward them all to eBay security, but it never seems to stop them. Don't feel bad, It isn't just that horn... 