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Some old Yorks, Martins, and perhaps a King rotary valved CC
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Hey now! The “DETAIL CANNOT BE FAULTED, EVEN BY PROFESSIONALS!”
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It took me a solid 10 seconds before I realized what was wrong with that picture. I have a Miraphone pin floating around somewhere. Now I'm wondering if it was "tubularly inverted."
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I had several of these as lapel pins in the 80s. None were this "left hand version" :huh:
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I wonder what key it plays in?
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I wrote to the seller:

I hate to say it but the valve tubing (all of the small tubing), is upside down

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So weird. None of the tubas I have in stock have it upside down. I must have photographed the one that was put together wrong. I have changed out the photos. Thanks for the heads up.
I've been selling these for 25 years online and no one caught it
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Some old Yorks, Martins, and perhaps a King rotary valved CC
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That's actually a Jb-410, so it's as it should be.
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York-aholic wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:38 pm I wrote to the seller:

I hate to say it but the valve tubing (all of the small tubing), is upside down

Her reply:

So weird. None of the tubas I have in stock have it upside down. I must have photographed the one that was put together wrong. I have changed out the photos. Thanks for the heads up.
I've been selling these for 25 years online and no one caught it
That's awesome.
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Tom C wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:28 pm I wonder what key it plays in?
House.
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