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nice (24J) kit in Italy

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/225132646374

It has been there for months. Upright bell made from a Melton bell, and original front bell. Cases.

Bears the name of Frank Sinatra's tuba player. It would be cool if someone knew where to look for a youtube appearance of Sinatra + 34J 24J - I gave it a try, came up with nothing.
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How could ANYTHING possibly be COOLER than owning FRANK SINATRA’s tuba player’s tuba?

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Would that make you a member of the Rat Pack by proxy?

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I can only imagine how many tuba players must have worked with him at some point or another.

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And what is the difference between a 24j and a 34j?
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humBell wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:42 pm And what is the difference between a 24j and a 34j?
Regular action (34J) vs short action (24J) valve sections.
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Kevbach33 wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:04 pm
humBell wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:42 pm And what is the difference between a 24j and a 34j?
Regular action (34J) vs short action (24J) valve sections.
Thanks!

That's what i kinda expected, and why i asked, 'cause to me those valves look short action, so i thought it a 24J (with aspirations toward 25J-ness with the additional bell)

Sorry, if'n i perhaps shoulda been more direct about it.
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Thanks, I should have noticed that myself.
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BRS wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:10 am
humBell wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:42 pm And what is the difference between a 24j and a 34j?
Getting in before @arpthark …

“10.” :laugh:
Yikes -- when your reputation for bad jokes precedes the actual joke, that's when you've truly ascended!
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arpthark wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:12 am
BRS wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:10 am
humBell wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:42 pm And what is the difference between a 24j and a 34j?
Getting in before @arpthark …

“10.” :laugh:
Yikes -- when your reputation for bad jokes precedes the actual joke, that's when you've truly ascended!
Units were left out... 10J please?

And that's a fun difference to play...
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Interesting how he mentions the front bell is engraved with the Sinatra info, yet doesn’t show a picture of it.
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donn wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:07 pm Bears the name of Frank Sinatra's tuba player. It would be cool if someone knew where to look for a youtube appearance of Sinatra + 34J 24J - I gave it a try, came up with nothing.
I'm in Port Townsend, WA and, in the 90s, played trumpet in the Port Townsend Community Orchestra. There was a guy who only was in town for about four months out of the year and was on the road with Sinatra's band and he was "Frank Sinatra's french horn player" His name was A.J. and, for the life of me, I can't remember or look up his last name. In Sinatra's band, his nickname was Tex and it was embroidered on the black satin Sinatra jacket he would sometimes wear. A.J. could really play and he always just sight read whatever music we were playing at the time of the concert. Our music wasn't that hard (advanced HS arrangements for the most part). He was a Yamaha artist which meant they sent him horns to play and evaluate. Yamaha even paid the shipping. That kind of impressed me but more impressive was his playing. He worked up a solo to play with us (can't remember the name) and it was spectacular.
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Ok, I did my part by asking for a photo... What does it say?

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Looks like: USN Seattle Washington. OR: "DST Seattle Washington" Engraving done with an icepick.
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