OVERALL DIMENSIONS - Miraphone 1290 CC tuba

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MartyNeilan
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Best as I can remember, the bell is just short of 20 inches in diameter (large flare at the end)
Its taller than many horns.
Sorry been a couple of years.
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Dave Mason has one for sale on the Russ Dickman site (bassclefbrass.com).

http://63.126.125.94/cgi-bin/classified ... =retrieval
http://www.daveamason.com/mirafone/

He might be able to provide the desired info, FYI.


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I believe Dave is selling a 190.
FWIW, the 190 and 1290 are totally different animals.
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Here are the measurements of the 1290, according to the Johnson Case sheet.

C to E = 39" or 990 mm
C to H = 9 3/4" or 247 mm
B to B = 20" or 508 mm
F to F = 18" or 457 mm
A to B= 16" or 406 mm
A to C=19 5/8" 500 mm
A to D=25" or 635 mm

Bottom of botom bow to top of upper bow= 29 1/4" or 743cm


Hope this helps.

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