Adams F — $12,500

[the elephant]

Adams F tuba for sale. The large leadpipe was not included when I bought it. The included (smaller) leadpipe is missing some of the silver plating. The horn is in outstanding condition, otherwise.

The price includes a Wessex-branded hard case blocked for a horn that is very similar to this one, so it fits okay, but not perfectly. (I have used it without incident.) It also includes the original Adams-branded gig bag.

This is a seriously nice tuba, so there is no way I will trust it to anyone other than myself and the eventual buyer, so NO SHIPPING. I drove halfway across the continent to buy this horn, and you can, too. It is worth the effort.

I paid $12,500 on July 18, 2023, and wish to get that much back for it. I dropped about three grand on the trip, so that is the "depreciation" I have to eat.

So, to review:
Adams F — $12.500
Extra set of buttons — included
Adams bag — included
Wessex case — included
Shipping — Not way, Bubba!
Trial — I will set up a suitable location where we can meet and that will be easy to locate.
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Why am I selling this tuba if it is so dang great?

My Kurath F is 99% the tuba this Adams is. I use my F nearly daily for chamber music in my job. I play in two quintets, which are pretty active groups, and one of them uses a set drummer with me playing lots of low-register walking basslines. When I use the F in the orchestra I need it to have a different timbre than what *I* get out of the Adams, and the Kurath has in abundance. The upper range of the Kurath is not as solid as that of the Adams, but I do not regularly play solo recitals where this would be more important to me. I cannot afford to have two F tubas.

This is a heck of a nice instrument. It is worth the expense if you want a great-playing piston F tuba with a colorful tone and solid… well… everything.

There is a heavy bottom cap on 4th only. I do not know whether this was added later or if Adams did this. No regular cap was included, so I think it is original to this tuba. The missing silver on the leadpipe is hard to see as it is more or less on the part that faces the bell. I rate the physical condition of this tuba overall as a strong 98% compared with a brand-new one. It plays very well.

Nota Bene —

This tuba has an interested party already, and he has the right of first refusal. If you are interested he has to bow out first. I hope to hear from him very soon, though, so it should not be an issue.

[the elephant]

Here's the hornporn…

On the left. (No, the one on the right is not for sale.)


Elephant shown for scale…


186 shown for scale…


Included hard case…


It's a sexy, little beast…




This is the set of finger buttons I use. The convex Adams buttons will be stored inside the hard case in a baggie. I greatly prefer these.