Giardinelli or Alexander?

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:27 am

"The great Alexander Instrument Making Comapny made these tubas."

Did they now? Quinn is usually a pretty upstanding guy. Is this legit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Giardinelli-Alexand ... dZViewItem

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:44 pm

Scooby Tuba wrote:These are commonly accepted as B&S improved (better pitch...) copies of an Alex design.

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I for one do not commonly accept that. I respectfully disagree.

Personally, I think that's mis-information.

Just 'cause "somebody who plays an Alex and loves his Alex is sure those B&S stencils are copies of Alexanders because he's thinks the picture looks close" doesn't necessarily make it so.

While there are nuances that tuba players would notice, most rotor BBb tubas look the same. Miraphone 186 BBbs look like Alexanders from a distance. In all honesty, to most everyone but tuba players, all tubas look the same.

IMHO, the B&S stencils play so much better than Alexanders, it's not even funny.

Poke poke poke ....

Everybody knows that Alexanders are Cerveny copies anyway.

Poke poke poke ....

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:05 am

where did wade's post go?

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:13 pm

the elephant wrote:I pulled it. And quickly, too. You managed to read it in that short of a time?

Yeah, I actually found it quite interesting and went back to read it again.