Beautiful Alexander BBb

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Beautiful Alexander BBb

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Re: Beautiful Alexander BBb

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Maybe a 164? Wish I had the money............
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DP wrote:
You should buy that and when you tire of it flip it for 12 grand!

seriously nice pre-war Alex, when is the last time you saw one Ted?
Only problem is its tuned to 443, however i cant imagine it would be too expensive to order a new, longer tuning slide from Alexander
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I have played this horn. It may be one of the top 3 BBb tubas I have ever played. It's very light and has very fast response for a BBb tuba. It was restored at the factory and they did an outstanding job on it.
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Re: Beautiful Alexander BBb

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That is a beautiful horn. Maby I'll take out a 2nd morgage and buy it. :)
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