Probably a miraphone bell replacement. Would explain the lack of markings

Yeah, if I have a muted part, I'm going to pick a tuba for that job that I own an appropriate size mute for.

My small H&B mute works really well in my york. It's not the flare that matters, it's the cone.

i dont understand the mute hate. A good mute that matches well with tuba you are playing should give a nice difference in tone color, (it's not about volume, despite the word mute) I like aluminum mutes with a nice metallic bite. You dont hear other brass instruments bitching about having muted ...

my daughter had been playing for about 6 months when she made this

I really like the Soundcorset tuner. Its available on all platforms

I have been on a holy grail search for a pre-1990 version of one of these for at least a decade . Never seen one in the states before

I used a French horn bell ring

As far as parts go, I find Adams is very responsive to providing what you need directly

I'm going to say conn, but the button is different. The valve cap itself looks identical to my 1903 Eb I had

the length of the 1st and 3rd valve slides look Eb all the way to me

Interesting. It's nice seeing the "Fletcher Cadenza" as I call it written out. I hate the optional Ab's in the published version.

You're probably right, but In fairness the last reply says it's still available

The valve circuits are wrapped differently between the two, leadpipe looks higher on the 179 (?) The valves slides look more accessible on the 179. Might be more bracing on the 279 if the bore size is the same and the thickness of the brass is the same, I think I would probably like the 179 more. It ...

Ohh, that's Purdy

The bore, branches and bow are thicker on the 621 than the 103

Significant difference in the bore size for sure

But that one is not based on the Yamaha 621. It's a similar but different tuba It says it was based on the Yamaha YBB-103, and wasn't the 621 derived from that? To me, the bell profile looks nearly identical. I imagine the bows would be different, since the 103 had the long leadpipe that enters the ...

The ND has the best 5th register and response of any tuba I've ever played

I have one. How perfect does it need to be for you?

But that one is not based on the Yamaha 621. It's a similar but different tuba