Re: A Kaiser is born!
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:44 pm
Is $9,500 considered a budget horn these days?
I’ll take a smaller 5/4 and call it the Kaiser Willy!!Doc wrote:Call the big one the Kaiser Wilhelm. That way I can feel like it's my own personal signature model.Ken Crawford wrote: A smaller bell flare version is in the works. It'll be called the Kaiser Presence.
Will Carl get this at any point Jonathan, I'd like a try!Wyvern wrote:Here is the Kaiser now silver-plated being play tested by me.
BTW Although a huge tuba, it only weights about 23lb due to being all hand-hammered from sheet brass.
Now with me in the care of British Airways flying back from China...
There is no click-clack. That was pre-quality assurance at factory and has long since been solved. No Wessex are ever accepted today with noisy valves (or any other defect as far as we can check)MikeMason wrote:How’s the rotary valve click-clack? Any improvement?
I don’t think so - this is not aimed at the British market. But I can bring up for you to try together with the new compensated BBb in the next monthAndyCat wrote: Will Carl get this at any point Jonathan, I'd like a try!
The bell diameter (18”) is the same as the original B&F Kaiser, so why would you want smaller?Tigerreydelaselva wrote:would be the possibility of make a bell with a conical shape "smokestack" bell...?
There will no doubt be later including (hopefully) video review by Chris OlkaDoc wrote:I’ve been secretly hoping for another round of sound samples...
(Sorry, Jonathan... Those two Youtube videos simply aren’t enough. I’m afraid my affliction is strong.)