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Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
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Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
Does anyone know the weight of a Miraphone 1291 CC tuba? I had one for years and never thought to weigh it... any help?
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
According to our freight scale, 22 pounds.
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
Perfect, thanks!
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A pleasure sir.
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
Bort,
We had talked a little about the Conn Donatelli - I ran it down to our shipping department, and sans mouthpiece it is 25.1 pounds.
(In an Altieri bag with some music, a few different oils, and a couple of BlokePieces®, it comes out to almost 35)
We had talked a little about the Conn Donatelli - I ran it down to our shipping department, and sans mouthpiece it is 25.1 pounds.
(In an Altieri bag with some music, a few different oils, and a couple of BlokePieces®, it comes out to almost 35)
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
Thanks Marty. I'll be weighing my stuff on Saturday (when I get to buy a scale). I'll see if it makes sense that the Marzan is breaking my back. Or if I just got weaker. 
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
Marzan = 24 lbs
Cerveny = 14 lbs
Both seem about 2 or 3 pounds lighter than I thought...I'm actually kind of confused, since the Marzan feels so much heavier to me. But, I guess the scale doesn't lie (it didn't lie about my own weight!
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Cerveny = 14 lbs
Both seem about 2 or 3 pounds lighter than I thought...I'm actually kind of confused, since the Marzan feels so much heavier to me. But, I guess the scale doesn't lie (it didn't lie about my own weight!
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
My Mirafone 1291 5V BBb tipped the scales at about 22 pounds. I haven't weighed my Marzan 'slant-rotor' BBb but I sure would have thought the Mirafone weighs more.bort wrote:Marzan = 24 lbs
Cerveny = 14 lbs
Both seem about 2 or 3 pounds lighter than I thought...I'm actually kind of confused, since the Marzan feels so much heavier to me. But, I guess the scale doesn't lie (it didn't lie about my own weight!)
Weight of horns really isn't much of a factor with me since I use a play stand most of the time.
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Re: Weight of Miraphone 1291 CC?
Tinker -TubaTinker wrote:
My Mirafone 1291 5V BBb tipped the scales at about 22 pounds. I haven't weighed my Marzan 'slant-rotor' BBb but I sure would have thought the Mirafone weighs more.
Weight of horns really isn't much of a factor with me since I use a play stand most of the time.
Don't you have both a Mirafone 1291 and a Chinese clone 1291?
I would be curious to find out if the clone weighs a few pounds more - my 186 clone seemed noticeably heavier than a German one.