I can't believe the stuff this guy from Bulgaria comes up with. I've had too much experience to send $4000 cash to Bulgaria but there may be some brave soul ready to take a chance.
So here it is: An Alexander double tuba. I am going to hazard a guess that this is an F/BBb combination though they did offer an Eb/CC as late as the 1960's. You just cannot tell from the pictures and I promise you, he doesn't know the answer so don't ask.
http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Alexander-Main ... .m14.l1318" target="_blank" target="_blank"
He never knows exactly what he has either, he calls a tuba a double tuba when it isn't and here's the opposite. So, don't write the guy to tell him that he's got this rare jewell of a double tuba and needs to raise the price. Let some courageous tuba player send money to Europe and buy the horn at a reasonable price (not a steal, though).
One more thing: the "Stators are made of nickle silver." I think the stators on my tubas are all solid planimium.
Anybody need a real Alexander double tuba?
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Alex C
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Anybody need a real Alexander double tuba?
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"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
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Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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windshieldbug
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Re: Anybody need a real Alexander double tuba?
It CAN'T be a double tuba... it doesn't have enough valves! 
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Alex C
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Re: Anybody need a real Alexander double tuba?
It's got five! How many do you need.windshieldbug wrote:It CAN'T be a double tuba... it doesn't have enough valves!
But you're yanking my chain aren't you? You saw the stacked rotary valves and the 9 or 10 tuning slides, right? Of course you did. I think I got suckered.
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"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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Alex C
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Re: Anybody need a real Alexander double tuba?
the elephant wrote:
*snickers*
Yeah, for real, clueless.
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"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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windshieldbug
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Re: Anybody need a real Alexander double tuba?
The previous "double" tubas he was selling all had at least six...Alex C wrote:It's got five! How many do you needwindshieldbug wrote:It CAN'T be a double tuba... it doesn't have enough valves!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?