"Student Pro"
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This is for posting links to off site deals that you are not personally selling,but wanting to pass along good deals
This is for posting links to off site deals that you are not personally selling,but wanting to pass along good deals
- The Big Ben
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Re: "Student Pro"
Who is 'Roy Benson" and why does his name on a horn mean anything?
- Donn
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Re: "Student Pro"
Because it says on their web site - "A promise of quality."The Big Ben wrote:Who is 'Roy Benson" and why does his name on a horn mean anything?
- k001k47
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Re: "Student Pro"
No.. They're "student" downgrades of a "professional" horn.goodgigs wrote: Maybe those are the "professional" upgrades !(?)

- The Big Ben
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Re: "Student Pro"
Ah. Thanks, Donn. I think I'm gonna order one right up!Donn wrote:Because it says on their web site - "A promise of quality."The Big Ben wrote:Who is 'Roy Benson" and why does his name on a horn mean anything?
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Re: "Student Pro"
Looks like a copy of a Meinl Weston 186.
http://www.brassreview.com/reviews/show ... oduct/2386" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
Notice their ambiguity: "Designed after the 186 series of Germany's most famous tuba makers..." That's kinda up for debate, isn't it?
http://www.brassreview.com/reviews/show ... oduct/2386" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
Notice their ambiguity: "Designed after the 186 series of Germany's most famous tuba makers..." That's kinda up for debate, isn't it?
- Rick F
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Re: "Student Pro"
Isn't "Student Pro" an oxymoron?
as in: "pretty ugly", "virtual reality" or "military intelligence"?
Or my favorite (since retiring from the FAA), "a near miss".
as in: "pretty ugly", "virtual reality" or "military intelligence"?
Or my favorite (since retiring from the FAA), "a near miss".
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ/RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold), DE mpc (102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank)
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches:
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
YEP-641S (recently sold), DE mpc (102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank)
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches:
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
- windshieldbug
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Re: "Student Pro"

"I knew Roy Benson, Roy Benson was a friend of mine, and you, senator, are NO Roy Benson"
Roy Benson RBEP-301 Bb Student Professional Euphonium
Buy new: $1,295.00 now: $209.00
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
- k001k47
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Re: "Student Pro"
I dunno about that one...Rick F wrote:"military intelligence"