Mahillon 4 valve C bass tuba

[tubadoctor]

Selling for a friend but please email me with any questions. It's the 4 valvle version. In beautiful shape. I'd almost picked it up myself, but I have too many weird toys on the shelf already. I forgot about posting pics here and don't have a sharing site set up yet, so please email me for any photos for now and I'll try to fix that later tonight. He has about a grand in to it so any reasonable offer around there would be fair game. I'll be headed to D.C. for the TUSAB tuba conference in a few weeks and would be happy to bring it along for any interested folks if it hasn't sold by then. Thanks!

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Not sure if the photo link will work but let's try it.

[tubadoctor]

Before I get too many more emails, this is the "French c tuba" size horn. Looks like a euphonium w with 4 top action pistons. I'll try to set up the photo site tonight for sure. Thanks!!

[hubert]

Is it "French system"(3rd valve lowering 2 steps,not 1,5)?
Hubert

[tubadoctor]

3rd valve length is one and a half steps.

[Michael Bush]

This is intriguing, even appealing, perhaps. Being able to play in that register with a C instrument is attractive.

What would you say about the instrument if we knew what to ask? Intonation? What else?

[tubadoctor]

It is a very cool and interesting horn. I can't honestly speak to the intonation all that well. My high chops are nowhere near where they used to be when I played all the time, and they weren't that great back then either! Hehe. It is fun to honk around with different tuba mouthpieces in its low register. I have no idea what mouthpiece it was designed to take, but I'd imagine if you messed around with mouthpieces long enough you'd find a great match and have a very cool and unique horn. If anyone is interested and headed to TUSAB for the conference in two weeks I'd be happy to bring it along.

[hubert]

And, in general, Mahillons were built very well and solid.
Hubert