Beautiful horn...
Good price 1650
NICE work Dan !
SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
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This is for posting links to off site deals that you are not personally selling,but wanting to pass along good deals
This is for posting links to off site deals that you are not personally selling,but wanting to pass along good deals
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
This would make a great budget horn for a high schooler or college student. Kind of wish I had this cheap of an option when I first started college.
Dvorak probably wrote the the fourteen notes in New World Symphony to get his tuba friends a gig.
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
Apparently has a Chinese made bell on it. Why Dan? why
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
Huh?! Look at the patina. Probably original. Not all Miraphone tubas, especially early ones, had a krantz.groth wrote:Apparently has a Chinese made bell on it. Why Dan? why
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
The owner states in the ad, not sure you read it but it was a replacement bell. Upon email, the owner states it was a Chinese replacement. Maybe Dan can verify this or not.iiipopes wrote:Huh?! Look at the patina. Probably original. Not all Miraphone tubas, especially early ones, had a krantz.groth wrote:Apparently has a Chinese made bell on it. Why Dan? why
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
$$$$$$$groth wrote:Apparently has a Chinese made bell on it. Why Dan? why
Sometimes even the best tech can't salvage a busted up Mirabell that spent twenty years in a junior high. You wouldn't be paying $1650 for a 186 with a new Mirabell on it.
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
Sure when cost is a factor, but keeping the horn close to original is a big factor for some buyers, especially when you put a non hand hammered bell onto something that is hand made. Would love to hear the story from Dan on this one.The Big Ben wrote:$$$$$$$groth wrote:Apparently has a Chinese made bell on it. Why Dan? why
Sometimes even the best tech can't salvage a busted up Mirabell that spent twenty years in a junior high. You wouldn't be paying $1650 for a 186 with a new Mirabell on it.
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Re: SF Bay CL: Older Miraphone BBb
Do you think the Chinese bell is still high quality? The clones coming out of China have been good as of late.
Dvorak probably wrote the the fourteen notes in New World Symphony to get his tuba friends a gig.