If you could buy a new tuba, would you?

bort2.0 · Post by **bort2.0** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:59 pm

dp wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:00 pm New? Hell I would dig getting that Alex 173 back...

If we're playing that game, then I'd love to make a good offer to get my old 188 back.

MN_TimTuba · Post by **MN_TimTuba** » Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:12 pm

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:14 pm
prairieboy1 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:26 pm Yes. Miraphone "98"
well duh.

Bloke's shortest answer since this forum started

Tim

bloke · Post by **bloke** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:12 am

2nd shortest:
It’s the sh!t.

Mary Ann · Post by **Mary Ann** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:51 pm

Well, if I were given money I had to spend and could not put in the coffers, yeah I might. Even money in coffers now is going down in value so fast that I'd might as well spend it on stuff that might actually hold some value. But I can't find what that stuff is; you buy property and find out you don't own that either, made really obvious if you don't pay the taxes on it. And then the taxes go up and up as the "value" goes up, and pretty soon you can't even afford to keep paying the "government rent" on it. So, what? buy old instruments that won't lose their value, and maybe that's what people are doing.

GC · Post by GC » Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:08 pm

It's amazing the difference a single "the" makes.

it's the sh!t

it's sh!t

Three Valves · Post by **Three Valves** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:24 pm

I had The Sh!ts last week.

I didn't mean to sh!t in this thread though.

Let me see who started it....

Oh, it was @bort2.0 so.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:21 pm

Three Valves wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:24 pm
Let me see who started it....

Oh, it was @bort2.0 so.

He’s a little sh!t.

tubaing · Post by **tubaing** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:30 pm

Here's a crazy thing I've been thinking about...

There's a new, never-sold, demo tuba that I'm eyeing...

If I can buy it for the right price, I would buy it with the intention of doing some DIY modifications.

Stryk · Post by **Stryk** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:39 pm

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:12 pm
bloke wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:14 pm well duh.
Bloke's shortest answer since this forum started

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Three Valves · Post by **Three Valves** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:58 am

Doc wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:21 pm
Three Valves wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:24 pm
Let me see who started it....

Oh, it was @bort2.0 so.
He’s a little sh!t.

Or a Big Sh!t in a small bowl...

bloke · Post by **bloke** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am

Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".

I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.

bort2.0 · Post by **bort2.0** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:28 am

tubaing wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:30 pm Here's a crazy thing I've been thinking about...

There's a new, never-sold, demo tuba that I'm eyeing...

If I can buy it for the right price, I would buy it with the intention of doing some DIY modifications.

The "never sold" part is interesting to me -- demo tubas aren't usually for sale (the nature of being a "demo"), or at least not for quite a while (or if something "changes" in the business arrangement).

I hope you buy it and let us know about it. :)

bloke · Post by **bloke** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:31 am

The only people who typically don't sell "demos" are factories that keep "one of everything they make/(made?)" on display in a special room.

Otherwise, most manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers seem to define "demo" as an open-box/undamaged instrument that has been to shows. Usually, they're eager for these to disappear, and - once sold - prefer to have (after one or more shows) another "sealed box" same-model instrument shipped to them for the next show/shows.

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:18 am

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:31 am The only people who typically don't sell "demos" are factories that keep "one of everything they make/(made?)" on display in a special room.

Otherwise, most manufacturers/wholesalers/retailers seem to define "demo" as an open-box/undamaged instrument that has been to shows. Usually, they're eager for these to disappear, and - once sold - prefer to have (after one or more shows) another "sealed box" same-model instrument shipped to them for the next show/shows.

This is where "Quinn The Eskimo" in Seattle gets most of the things he sells.

TubātōTubŏtō · Post by **TubātōTubŏtō** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:03 pm

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.

Maybe that's why I like the look of that horn? I've never been fond of "the science." In what ways does the 98 defy logic? I'm not familiar with it.

Post by **matt g** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:47 pm

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.

I dunno… they must be good because Walmart is out of stock of that model:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Miraphone-98 ... y/30417338

MN_TimTuba · Post by **MN_TimTuba** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:21 pm

matt g wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:47 pm
bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:07 am Transcending elimination vocab,
The model 98 defies logic, or - at least defies generalizations/stereotypes/consensus gentium...aka "The Science".
I’m of the opinion that it was (defacto) replaced with the (6/4 edition of) “Hagen”, mainly (only?) because the 98 “looks funny” - with such a large percentage of consumers (of so many things) buying being based on optics.
I dunno… they must be good because Walmart is out of stock of that model:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Miraphone-98 ... y/30417338

Shoot. And I was gonna get one next time I stopped in for Pampers, sweat pants, and oh, yeah, lamp oil.
Tim

Three Valves · Post by **Three Valves** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:25 pm

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:21 pm
Shoot. And I was gonna get one next time I stopped in for Pampers, sweat pants, and oh, yeah, lamp oil.
Tim

Can't you here the cashiers at Walmart every month;

"I'm taking my break, it's that Mr. $2 rubber tennis shoes, three gallons of lamp oil and 'is the 28k tuba in stock today' guy again!!"

tubaing · Post by **tubaing** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:34 pm

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:28 am
tubaing wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:30 pm Here's a crazy thing I've been thinking about...

There's a new, never-sold, demo tuba that I'm eyeing...

If I can buy it for the right price, I would buy it with the intention of doing some DIY modifications.
The "never sold" part is interesting to me -- demo tubas aren't usually for sale (the nature of being a "demo"), or at least not for quite a while (or if something "changes" in the business arrangement).

I hope you buy it and let us know about it. :)

I will share details if I move forward on it. Im expecting to get more info next week. But it would make for a fun summer project if I do get it

bloke · Post by **bloke** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:55 pm

I was hoping to find a few Miraphone 98's that Walmart may have over-ordered (ex: a few too many sent to East McKeesport Walmart Express, etc...) and buy them off of overstock.com.

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