news flash

[bort]

Until seeing the picture, I wasn't sure if this was a real posting or not.

Although I dislike the idea of cool old tubas living in a museum, this is about as museum-quality of a tuba as I've ever seen. Neat!

[Frank Ortega]

Wait, is some one actually going to sell this Beauty?

Or is someone copying it for sale?

Or is this just material to drool over?

Does Don Harry have a similar one? Or is this this that instrument?

I think those pictures stopped my heart for a few seconds!

Frank

[MrBasseyPants]

It will be for sale. I could buy it right now. I don't need it. I'm not a collector.

The engraving of (seems obvious to me - particularly due to the very strong resemblance) of Mr. Kuhn's face and headdress in the bell is very large, btw.

You could buy it for me....I am thinking about cornering the market on Jumbos

jc

[bort]

Hrmph, speculation emails and secondhand for sale information are just as un-fun when it's about an American tuba. And here I thought it was just un-fun for Chinese tubas.

[MrBasseyPants]

Hrmph, speculation emails and secondhand for sale information are just as un-fun when it's about an American tuba. And here I thought it was just un-fun for Chinese tubas.

bort gets the point of the thread.

it's like the lottery.....you can always get excited for something...but in the end you'll still probably end up with nothing...but sometimes it's fun to get in on the hype....then usually it gets ridiculous.

I am personally waiting for an awesome Chinese replica of the CSO York that plays just like the original....and costs $750......

I don't like to play the lottery, but on the off chance that I blow $1 on a huge jackpot...the daydreaming that I have was usually worth the price of admission.

Over on another bass guitar forum, there was so much hype for a reissued Acoustic 360 bass amp.....it really had people going and excited....for years it was being hyped.....it too became un-fun.....I now could care less if it has been released or not....I've moved on....

...I'll admit though every now and then these hype fests are fun to daydream....but generally nothing ever happens or when it does.....it sucks.

jc

[Tom Coffey]

I can't understand how some instruments survive so long in such great condition, while others just can't make it. As a near-antique myself, I really respect that instrument. It must diet and work out constantly...