M&M tubas

[ken k]

Hello fellow tubenetters,
I have seen reviews of Schiller tubas on board, but has anyone played these M&M tubas? I assume it is a Chinese horn but they look pretty nice and seem to be decent designs. Here is an ebay link to a BBb that looks a bit VMI 3301-ish:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tuba-BBb-M-M-TU-800 ... 3832881387" target="_blank" target="_blank

There is a lso a nice CC rotary horn listed. Are these the same as Schiller horns or something different?

ken k

[bisontuba]

Hi-
The 8000 model BBb that Michael sells on ebay is also on his website--$2,800. I believe Dan, aka Tuba Tinker has one of these and it has been discussed on this website
This is a clone or copy of a Miraphone 1291 BBb tuba.
Asian horns made at JinBao are the same ones that M&M/Schiller-Laabs/Dillon/BBC/TE et all import...

Good luck.
mark

[tubaguy9]

I'd go with a JinBao, Dillon, Schiller, etc before an M&M. PM me if you would like more of the explanation why.

[pinedale]

I recently purchased a TU-8000 from M&M. Very nice playing horn. The quality of the valves isn't quite what I'm used to. PM me if you'd like more detail.

[imperialbari]

If the indicated bore of 0.802" is measured as the inside diameter of the male slide branches of the 4 first valves, then this one is really big in bore.

Klaus