whats this???

Albertibass · Post by **Albertibass** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:23 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/J-W-YORK-SONS-DBL-B ... dZViewItem

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:04 pm

You might want to look at this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=14019

As Bloke has implied, this one seems a little over priced compared to what others have been selling for on ebay recently.

(But then again, it was bought for the "buy-it-now" price of $3000. That's higher than I would have put its worth, but it was worth it to someone. On the other hand, this DB euph seems to me to be worth that amount of money:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1)

Albertibass · Post by **Albertibass** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:07 pm

so is this a double belled euphonium, or a conjoined tuba-eupha?

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:11 pm

DB euphonium. There have been a few double bell tubas made, including the most famous being one that King made (that supposedly played like crap) but this is clearly a euphonium.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:08 am

harold wrote:
There have been a few double bell tubas made, including the most famous being one that King made
Of course there is also the "Bellophone" which was manufactured for Bill Bell and is now owned by Eli Newberger. I believe it is a BBb/F combination.

That's the one that I was thinking of, and which is pictured in an old King ad that I have. Now if I could only find that ad...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:17 am

And I thought it was just a euphonium in the act of procreating... something one didn't talk about in "polite" company...

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:12 am

This is typical of some of the sellers on eBay who don't know a tuba from a euphonium... So they use both terms confusing those of us who know what it is!

It's just your average double belled euphonium--the main bell is upright.