Does anyone remember that Bohm & Meinl F @ Baltimore Brass?

[bort]

Crap. That thing sat there for a long, long time. I knew i should've bought it. Oh well, I'm happy the new owner likes it!

[imperialbari]

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[Rick Denney]

Okay, maybe I just didn't get it, but I played that one next to my two B&S F tubas (a 5-valve Sumphonie and a very similar 6-valve model), and the B&M wasn't on the same planet, in terms of sound or playability.

The Petrouschka, on the other hand...

I'm happy to believe that the problem was all mine, and I'm glad somebody got a good F tuba for cheap.

Rick "sometimes surprised by what some blokes can make useful" Denney

[Rick Denney]

Just as an FYI, and in effort to reduce any more hard feelings than already exist, my comment in this thread was not aimed at you. During the time(s) that this tuba was for sale it was "poo-poo"ed by many who had little experience, if any, with it.

No worries--I was not offended. Just confused. I agree on folks expressing opinions about instruments they've never played.

If someone found it nicely playable, then they got a heck of a deal. The price was quite good.

Rick "who had to come around to the B&S concept, too" Denney

[Bob Kolada]

Okay, maybe I just didn't get it...

During the time(s) that this tuba was for sale it was "poo-poo"ed by many who had little experience, if any, with it.

Didn't the previous owner (Mike Mason) also refer to it in a less than satisfied fashion?

[Mikelynch]

Not that it is actually called for, but in support of Rick's views, I was probably less favorably disposed toward the B&S than he--at the same playing occasion. But maybe that's just 'cause the other B&S's were just so compelling . . .

Not that this is directly applicable, but I have to reflect upon an instrument dealer in the past, who could actually play seemingly any trombone or tuba. His grading scale of instruments was somewhat different, "excellent" meant that most essential parts were there; "good" meant you might need to locate third valve tubing, but otherwise . . .; etc.

Many time I played horn that he had that I found to be for all practical purposes unplayable, and then be amazed that he could get respectable sounds out of them, seemingly with little effort. That dealer is gone now, but missed by many of us relative "old-timers."

I am glad the buyer got a satisfactory horn here. I have more than a couple of horns that don't seem to work that well for some, but work just great for me. It's almost like we are all different or something . . .

That said, somewhere in box I have a Scherzer F that might not not for anyone (well, I'm not too sure of the preferences of Venutian tuba players . . .they may need a 17 note scale--and this is just the horn to provide it!)

Mike