Vintage Conn Helleberg

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:59 pm

I believe I can address the question of what it will do. It will make either a silver or lacquer finish instrument play entirely by itself. All the owner must do is insert the mouthpiece into the receiver. It tell you. It is simply amazing. It is worth every penny one pays for this mouthpiece.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:01 pm

sousaphatubaguy · Post by **sousaphatubaguy** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:43 pm

i have one that is in worse shape than that one and the only thing i would ever do with it or the only thing i ever do with it is drill band on a crappy sousaphone. i figure crappy mouthpiece for crappy sound. but no really i would never use this to sound decent. It really is not that great of a MP

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:33 am

You could get your "crappy" vintage Helleberg rebuilt by one of the restorers for less than this one will sell for and have....

a mouthpiece you could sell on ebay for $600.

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:35 am

TubaRay wrote:I believe I can address the question of what it will do. It will make either a silver or lacquer finish instrument play entirely by itself. All the owner must do is insert the mouthpiece into the receiver. It tell you. It is simply amazing. It is worth every penny one pays for this mouthpiece.

A friend of mine has one and he can't shut it up. It plays the horn by itself day and night. If he takes it out, it just buzzes and buzzes all by itself. At least it's perfectly in tune and 100% accurate.

The drawback is that it only knows old solos; lots of Forest Buchtel and such. He can't play the modern stuff at all.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:50 am

I have heard stories of this phenomenon, Alex. It is gratifying to have confirmation.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:34 am

Alex C wrote:A friend of mine has one and he can't shut it up. It plays the horn by itself day and night. If he takes it out, it just buzzes and buzzes all by itself. At least it's perfectly in tune and 100% accurate.

Wow. It's a shame he can't afford a "real" Hellenberg...

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:02 pm

windshieldbug wrote:
Alex C wrote:A friend of mine has one and he can't shut it up. It plays the horn by itself day and night. If he takes it out, it just buzzes and buzzes all by itself. At least it's perfectly in tune and 100% accurate.
Wow. It's a shame he can't afford a "real" Hellenberg...

Those "real" Hellenberg mouthpieces are better than the best tuba mouthpiece ever manufactured! I believe they are 76.2 % better than any ever produced. I can confirm this by pointing out that 76.2% of all statistics are made up.

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:42 pm

August Helleberg's neat little mouthpiece was fun for a while, but the Hellenberg is the real deal.

If anyone knows about mouthpieces, it's Mark Hellenberg.

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:17 pm

Daniel C. Oberloh · Post by **Daniel C. Oberloh** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:09 pm

Alex C wrote:
TubaRay wrote:I believe I can address the question of what it will do. It will make either a silver or lacquer finish instrument play entirely by itself. All the owner must do is insert the mouthpiece into the receiver. It tell you. It is simply amazing. It is worth every penny one pays for this mouthpiece.
A friend of mine has one and he can't shut it up. It plays the horn by itself day and night. If he takes it out, it just buzzes and buzzes all by itself. At least it's perfectly in tune and 100% accurate.

The drawback is that it only knows old solos; lots of Forest Buchtel and such. He can't play the modern stuff at all.

I had a whole group of them (pre-war) on my bench not to long back and all they wanted to do was buzz old doo-wap tunes. I must admit, the harmony was good, they were well in tune and had a nice flair in how they went about it.

Daniel C. Oberloh
Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:08 pm

Dan has just outed himself as a sadist. For him to post a picture such as the one above with all the multiple beautiful mouthpieces is simply an obscene act of sadism.

End of rant.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:29 pm

It merely demonstrates his perceptiveness to mouthpieces-of-color

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:38 am

$224.72 for a beat up mouthpiece !?

I need to go back to kollitch and get learned up on this stuff. If I get an advanced music degree will I appreciate the true value of this p.o..., er mouthpiece?

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:55 am

windshieldbug wrote:It merely demonstrates his perceptiveness to mouthpieces-of-color

How appropriate for a member of the TNFJ. We all know how sensitive these folks are.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:27 pm

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Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 8:44 am

Daniel C. Oberloh wrote:I had a whole group of them (pre-war) on my bench not to long back and all they wanted to do was buzz old doo-wap tunes. I must admit, the harmony was good, they were well in tune and had a nice flair in how they went about it. :wink:

Daniel C. Oberloh
Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works

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