RARE Yamaha YEB-381 Eb Tuba

Untersatz · Post by **Untersatz** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:08 pm

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Here is a very rare Yamaha YEB-381 4+1 Eb Tuba (4 Top action valves + Dependent 5th Rotor)

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:51 pm

There are 2 stickers on the case one seems to be for this schools band program

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I have sent the ebay link to the contact email
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Got a reply as far as they know its not missing from anybody it belonged to a former student

Uncle Buck · Post by **Uncle Buck** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:18 am

Bloke is probably right. I've never seen a school label its inventory with a bumper sticker. Plus, the seller is a pretty transparent brick-and-mortar business.

Walter Webb · Post by **Walter Webb** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:37 pm

I've never heard of this model. Is it something special or really good? Is it worth pursuing? Just being rare doth not a player make. Could somebody rank it alongside other EEb models?

Thanks

Untersatz · Post by **Untersatz** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:30 pm

Walter Webb wrote:I've never heard of this model. Is it something special or really good? Is it worth pursuing? Just being rare doth not a player make. Could somebody rank it alongside other EEb models?

Thanks

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scroll down about half way for the 381.

Walter Webb · Post by **Walter Webb** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 9:49 pm

It sold for 3 grand, with 22 bids, so it appears to be something many folks desire...

EdFirth · Post by **EdFirth** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:59 am

They're not THAT rare, all you do is buy the replacement fourth slide. It's self contained, the whole assembly is there. The paddle for the rotor ends up under the second valve slide. We had one at Disney when Yamaha was trying to become the official instrument of Walt Disney World and the valve didn't make is stuffy at all(to me anyway). I guess how they compare to other Eb's is in the mind and ear of the player.Ed

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