Tubas, euphoniums, mouthpieces, and anything music-related.
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That´s one cool tuba!
That unlaquered / patina look is great, too, if it weren´t for stains on hands and clothes.
(I marched with my unlaquered helikon on a hot day this summer. Stains at the shoulder of my woollen "Tracht" vest likely have come to stay, says the laundry pro I handed it to ...)
I'm glad that they were able to address everything on your punch list. That's wonderful.
Regarding the original mouthpipe, I wonder if part of the problem with it was that it was 90° to the bell - going around the bell. The classic kaiser mouthpipes dipped down, and then went up as they went around the bell. Actually, the 98 model follows this tradition. I actually lowered the instrument in order to play it more comfortably: the adulterated keyboard bench, etc.
Some of those mouthpipes in that collection - that our military European musician friend has for sale - demonstrate the classic kaiser bend pattern.
If you don't mind saying what the MTS cost -- my Star came back with a clearly Miraphone-made, additional, shorter tuning slide that he called "the brass band tuning slide." Which I don't use, but wondering what it cost him.
Have fun with your new toy that I suspect will never be sold.
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