BBb HELICON for SALE - 4v, delicious

[bstevens]

Hi!

Helicon for sale ... in the UK (Brighton). I own 3 - 1 is now sold, so the BBb has to move alas.

1) Amati Kraslice 4v BBb Helicon

Amati 4v BBb Helicon (Helikon) with gig bag! (similar to the Cerveny templates) Made in around 1985. Bell Diameter: 45cm. Bore: 19mm. Height: 104cm. Refurb'ed in 2012. Serial 51278.

A beautiful horn, all in good working order - body work is in very decent shape for the age - a few dings, but nothing on essential slides. Plays well - huge, direct sound. Just had a good cleaning. You can polish these horns, but there is little point as they return to raw brass colour within days of polishing. You can restore these horns, or replace valves etc, but becomes really costly - and they work fine as is. Cost vs quality is excellent on these horns - you need to spend double to get something better or a newer Cerveny. You can convert the valves to the Mini-ball system, but I've never bothered.

Comes with sexy Scout-chic fabric gig bag (unpadded, but protection against elements). I can get a good quality gig bag sorted, but they're €300 or so.

Perfect on any stage - much more punch than a Sousa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqhECoGpV5M" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

PRICE : £1200 - or make me an offer!
PHOTOS: mail me!

Any questions please just shout - always happy to geek out about helicons (or helikons if you prefer). Happy to ship wherever, or meet in Brighton or London.

Cheers,
Bruce

[bstevens]

We've got the BUMP.

[bstevens]

Bumpy.

[Birdjosh]

Where did you get the gig bags for the horn? That military chic bag looks like a much nicer design for carrying a horn than a protec bag.

[bstevens]

Where did you get the gig bags for the horn? That military chic bag looks like a much nicer design for carrying a horn than a protec bag.

Yes - it's not padded, but actually way more comfortable. Akord Brass can sort out a good quality backpack style one - although their "custom" making to measurements wasn't particularly custom or well fitting, but the bag is really good quality. I had a padded version in black of the military one too. I found them both on German Ebay I think.

You can try http://www.schneideruwe.de/tubashop" target="_blank as a starting point.

[Birdjosh]

Very cool. What do you use for the 20k listed in your signature?

[bstevens]

Very cool. What do you use for the 20k listed in your signature?

Sorry - just seen this. What do you mean ... which gig bag do I use ? Precieux Gig Bag "Premium Line" for Bb-Sousaphone ... but unfortunately looks like it's no longer about ...

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[bstevens]

Bump - lots of interest, but I'm keen to shift it ...

[bstevens]

Bumpy - price is negotiable of course and happy to discuss shipping anywhere.