Cerveny 691 - Who has played one?

[bigboymusic]

This is actually the horn I have up right now. first off, even with ABB 691 on the bell, it was sold in 91 as the cc 691 through Tuba Exchange. There was an entire order of them that came through almost playing in 'B'. At the time I stopped my order and bought a prototype 4V piston PT-5 instead (great horn by the way)

I discovered this 691 online and it had never been cut. How someone owned it for 25 years and never had it cut, I have no idea. I got it CHEAP and had a great KC guy (Joe Felton) cut it down to CC. A little on the leadpipe and an inch or so off the tuning slide. It is and never has been a point and shoot horn. It plays pretty much like any fat 5/4 thin walled horn does. The low A/ab are just a bit stuffy, but overall it is (and I say this with love in my heart Bloke!) a great deal for the $$. I bought it purely to play the solo 'Stuff' and also the Barnes Concerto. Other than that, I really like BBb better the older I get for everyday playing.

The newer BB 691's are AWESOME!!!! I actually have priced the 791 (gold brass) and haven't been able to pull the trigger yet. Beautiful horns.......

[sirtar]

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I purchased this Cerveny 691 in January. I have had a wonderful time with this horn. I have used this horn in three different community bands of which The Beethoven Concert Band is one. I have found this horn to be responsive through out the dynamic range and behaves like a lady in tuning. I would like to thank the person that made all the adjustments in the past.

I have to be very careful in the amount of brats that I eat. Just don't limit my intake of texas tea.

[bigboymusic]

The man responsible for turning that dog into a work horse is Joseph Felton of KC, MO (Heritage Music). I bought it cheap, fixed it cheap and sold it for what I had in it. I loved the final product after the cutting and tweaking, but I have completely come around to being a BBb player again. I know there are more of these out there waiting for some TLC. It is really a beautiful instrument after the work...... Joe is GREAT to work with....