Someone I emailed with asked about how this compares to my Besson 983 and about its intonation. I don’t play this regularly since I have decided to keep the Besson 983 and want to keep this York pristine. I have some videos I can share (most easily on Facebook messenger) where I play some excerpts s ...

Riddle me this: I’ve played oodles of Besson 3+1 eefers but never tried a 983. Do they play similarly? My brain automatically associates Eb with 3+1, so I’m not sure how well the four inline compensating fingers would do. It would require a lot of unlearning related to playing a fair amount of 4 val ...

I've been toying with selling my Besson 983 and switching to a government-owned MW 45 SLP F tuba as my bass tuba... but every time I play this Besson, I'm reminded how fantastic it is... and how I've never cared for these 45 series F tubas. Maybe I'll keep the Besson... I don't have it listed for sale

I landed on the Laskey 32H US for my Holton.

With the Army Tuba Euphonium Workshop coming up, I will bump this post. Let me know if you are interested in trying this out at the workshop or otherwise.

I'll just mention this new condition York 3082/Besson 982 that I'm selling...

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I can't comment on the "Best" but Schiller seems to be the cheapest available in the US and I'm not sure how different the Schillers are from some of the similar designed Wessex (same factory, no?). I can comment that I have a Schiller euphonium that I bought used and I think it is 99% fantastic.

If we were reasonably certain that the buttons are the same size and design, I might be willing to trade the ones on my 983... I bought this from Joe a few years ago, here's a link to the pics.

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They replaced the MOP with an epoxy thing it seems

humBell wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 10:28 am And a shout out to kingers (kingies?) as that's the valve set.

If I'm right about who built, it I think the valves are a notch above king.

This looks like a Victor Herbert (Facebook name) put together tuba. I think he's on this forum????

York Preference 3082 EEb 4 valve compensating tuba silver. Barely used. I believe this tuba to be completely dent free (never been dented). You might??? Be able to find some light scratches. It's in very good condition. I believe this model was made in the same German factory that makes the Besson ...

Used. Some plywood damage in one corner, but still seems pretty sturdy.






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Getting ready for our veterans day parade... the bell is marked "MIRAFONE" and a model number "2356". Also I want to point out the plain ferrules.

The top valve caps threaded to the casings sort of look like Miraphone 1291/2/3 but I'm not familiar enough with those - and the picture is not high resolution enough, so inconclusive. I guess I could ask Christian. He would tell me the truth. Thank you for taking the picture. I reuploaded the pic ...

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Here's a Pic I found on my phone. It didn't fit in this unitec case. Bell was too tall. Notice the crazy 4th valve tuning slide.



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I'm in the DC National guard band. We have miraphfone 4 valve sousaphones. Engraved "made in west Germany". Don't know the answer to your question though.

I'm selling thus almost perfect condition "York". If you want a "fake BBb", you might want a bigger bell like on this one. Asking price is $6,500. York Preference 3082 EEb 4 valve compensating tuba silver. Barely used. I believe this tuba to be completely dent free (never been dented). You might ...

I haven't played this model. I have a Schiller euphonium that I bought used. I'm thrilled with it. I tend to believe that there are so many of these euphoniums made and sold that they probably have gotten really good at making them. There are so many different tubas they make, I'm guessing there ...

I think I am a previous owner. Liked it very well.

Medium: I had a VMI 3302 for about 2.5 years and I thought it was excellent Large: My BB-345 (although I was also very impressed with the Wessex Prokofiev) ---------- My personally owned main contrabass tubas were: Conn 15J (front action) VMI 3302 MW 5450 Yamaha YCB-822 Holton BB-345 I rather liked ...