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Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb

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I'm looking for a long 5th slide (silver plated) for my Willson 3400 Eb tuba....If you have one that you are not using please contact me....

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These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
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jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.
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bort2.0 wrote:
jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.
Wow. I have not had that experience. He has always been more responsive. Sorry to hear that.
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Re: Long 5th slide for Willson 3400 Eb

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erdickman wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:20 am I'm looking for a long 5th slide (silver plated) for my Willson 3400 Eb tuba....If you have one that you are not using please contact me....

Thanks,
just curious:
Has someone found the longer slide length to offer better intonation for (a quite often-requested pitch) "low F" (as 5-2-3-4 is quite sharp with most 5-valve tubas) ?

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jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:56 am
bort2.0 wrote:
jonesbrass wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:09 am These are great playing Eb tubas. Have you contacted Willy Kurath?
It can take a very long time to hear back from Willy. He always wrote me back, and got me all the parts I needed and wanted... but sometimes it took weeks or a month between emails.
Wow. I have not had that experience. He has always been more responsive. Sorry to hear that.
I forget, it may have been during the summer... which could also explain it.

Although I have heard some saying before, to the effect of the Swiss make the most elegant watches in the world, except they all run slow.
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bort2.0 wrote: I forget, it may have been during the summer... which could also explain it.

Although I have heard some saying before, to the effect of the Swiss make the most elegant watches in the world, except they all run slow.
Many Europeans have a different sense of time and urgency than most Americans expect.
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Regarding this, a European colleague once told me "you people [Americans] are f-ing nuts." :laugh:
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bort2.0 wrote:Regarding this, a European colleague once told me "you people [Americans] are f-ing nuts." :laugh:
[emoji38] I’ve heard similar things.
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