anyone know of a place in Washington?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:43 pm

There is not a lot. If you are looking for a used tuba, Dan Oberloh's usually has a few: http://www.oberloh.com/.

The only place in town that will probably have any new tubas would be Akright's: http://www.akrightmusic.com/.

It's a short plane ride down to Tony Clement's place: http://www.lowbrasswerks.com/.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:42 pm

Chuck (G) is in Oregon and has a really nice Miraphone 183-4 (Eb) for sale.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:20 pm

TubaTinker wrote:Chuck (G) is in Oregon and has a really nice Miraphone 183-4 (Eb) for sale.

Thanks for the plug, Dan, but Eugene is a fur piece from Seattle. If I were in Seattle and looking for a good selection of horns, I'd buy a train or plane ticket to San Jose and pay Tony Clements' Low Brass Werks a visit.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:25 pm

Chuck(G) wrote:
TubaTinker wrote:Chuck (G) is in Oregon and has a really nice Miraphone 183-4 (Eb) for sale.
Thanks for the plug, Dan, but Eugene is a fur piece from Seattle.

Lots closer than Evansville, Indiana!!

tubarepair · Post by **tubarepair** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:28 pm

Akright's usually has a Conn CC available - 56J. Other than that, the Music Trader in Maple Valley usually has a Jupiter 582 BBb in stock.

A couple hundred bucks will get you a plane ticket to South Bend, Baltimore or New Jersey. Well worth the money to try out dozens of horns - not too much of an investment considering a decent horn wil run +$2000.00

I have a Conn 5J BBb and a Yamaha YCB 621CC if you just want to try a couple of horns. Gave up the Mirafone 190 for Lent. No big artillery currently in my collection. Daryl

Normal · Post by **Normal** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:34 am

Mike,

There is a small school by one of Seattle's lakes (UW) that might have a music program. I'd talk to the tuba teacher there to see what might be available in terms of student horns you could look at. My guess is that if you were to "show up" at their tuba ensemble class you might get to see some pretty good brass (and maybe some silver too). One or two might even let you play their tuba.

Go Beavs!

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:03 pm

Although very fortunate to have Brasswind just a couple hours drive to the north, I have often seriously considered a plane ticket to the east coast when thinking of buying a new horn. It's not free, but if planned correctly, you might be able to visit both Dillon and Baltimore Brass. I would estimate you might need as many as 3 nights in a motel, maybe only 2 depending on flight schedules in/out of the area. You'd also need a rental car and meal money. For your trouble, you get to play a lot of different tubas.

Seriously consider this total cost vs. the cost of two-way shipping to try out various horns for sale. With the "one-at-a-time" approach, you'd better have a pretty good idea of what you're looking for before asking to receive a horn for a test drive. I have purchased several tubas with an agreement that I could return them if I wasn't satisfied. Over the years, I've kept two such tubas and have returned two such tubas. I've also purchased a couple of tubas at Brasswind (short drive), and a couple of tubas from Lee Stofer in Atlanta, GA (long drive and overnight stay required).

The cost of two-way shipping may be around $300-ish for a typical tuba, sent via truck across country. And you can only try the one you receive. So, this pays for a plane ticket for one person, and you can try out several models at Brasswind, Dillon, Baltimore Brass, etc.

Fly into Chicago and drive over to Brasswind -- about a 100 mile trip, all interstate highway. You could probably make that trip with only a one-night stay in a motel close to Brasswind, and a late afternoon return flight the next day. Your friendly travel agent can provide a cost estimate.

My 40000 cents worth,

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:56 pm

matthewparsons wrote:But I do know that one of them plays a silver Meinl Weston 2155 bought from the tuba prof Chris Olka.

If you are talking about Nate, I think it was a MW 2000 that he brought from Olka.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:24 pm

HeliconMan wrote:I just heard from Ron Munson. His reply was if you can wait, go to the Big Brass Bash in Eugene OR next July. I think that Chuck G would know better about that than I.

All I can really tell you is that Michael Grose is working like the dickens to make HPNWBBB 2005 a rousing success. If you've got questions, I'm certain that he'd be happy to tell you what you'd like to know.

You can get it touch with Mike via his website:

http://www.tubapeople.com/

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:16 pm

Chuck(G) wrote:All I can really tell you is that Michael Grose is working like the dickens to make HPNWBBB 2005 a rousing success. If you've got questions, I'm certain that he'd be happy to tell you what you'd like to know.

You can get it touch with Mike via his website:

http://www.tubapeople.com/

If it is anything like the Sheridan/Mead event he organized, it will be very, very good.