York Monster Eb in Atlanta

[TheHatTuba]

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/msg/3815571209.html" target="_blank

Anyone wanna pickup and ship a tuba Decent price.

[thattubaguy]

I'm buying this.(with any luck)

[TheHatTuba]

NOTE: He has not yet emailed me back. He is probably enjoying his Memorial Day with family and has been off his email.

Ditto. Emailed him/her yesterday, so probably gone or just busy.

[thattubaguy]

Anyone get a reply?

[thattubaguy]

Nope. I am out if it for sure now. The clutch master cylinder on my jeep died out in the hinterlands. Towing was costly and it will cost many pistoles to get repaired...

Have at it.

Will do

[Tubajug]

Nope. I am out if it for sure now. The clutch master cylinder on my jeep died out in the hinterlands. Towing was costly and it will cost many pistoles to get repaired...

Have at it.

Will you build me one of your custom Eb tubas for me if I get this Wade? Seeing this made me consider it....

[TheHatTuba]

Has anyone heard back?

[thattubaguy]

No...

[Mike-ICR]

I'm finally in the home stretch (as it would seem) of my own monster Eb modifications. It started life as a somewhat playable 1920s Buescher 3v. The modifications didn't fix most of the intonation issues but with practice I find it plays great! It's a crap-shoot. What mouthpiece are you using Wade?

[thattubaguy]

Got it

[Tubajug]

Got it

We expect a full report with photographs! Congratulations!

[Bob Kolada]

How do you guys manage that horrible low D? My former Conn Giant and my "current" medium King are nausea inducing on that note. I ended up playing it 234 on the Conn. I can't forget that eighth/tone step between Eb and F in the staff either.

[thattubaguy]

I'll post a mega-post (of the ages) about my horns(some of them,) soon.

[thattubaguy]

Here are some"before pictures," my grandparents have the horn for me in Atlanta, so these are just some more pictures that they took to give me a better idea of what it is. When I get it, this horn will be put into my intensive repair care and we'll all see how it turns out.

[thattubaguy]

Some more

[The Big Ben]

Will you build me one of your custom Eb tubas for me if I get this Wade? Seeing this made me consider it....

Again, I consider myself to have gotten lucky in this regard. so purchasing one is a crap shoot, at best. And paying someone for parts and labor to modernize one can end up costing as much as a used horn that is ready to play from the factory and that will work well without question.

Your "big advantage" is your skills. Having all of the work you have done to make that horn work would be pretty costly if it was hired out.