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For sale: DEFGHI model 1234 tuba
Price: $5432
No lacquer.
Can ship worldwide at buyer's expense.
Recently overhauled. It plays great.
I bought it for a student but they ended up not needing it.
It plays nicely, especially considering the price!
Comes with original case, which has seen better days. puts it at manufacture date somewhere between 1985-1990.
Message me if you’re interested


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Piston or Rotor?

BBb or CC?
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Get on zoom with the tuba and a tuner and show me how it plays.
Hasn't failed me yet.
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Define “overhauled.”
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Do you have any recordings playing this with a brass quintet?
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why would you put money in a tuba (overhauling) and then selling the tuba.
My tubas equal 3288
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Either it plays nice or it doesn't. The price has nothing to do with it.
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This is my own critique: (but I am aware that I view things differently than do others, and read things - and read things into things - differently than do others).

For sale: DEFGHI model 1234 tuba
Price: $5432
No lacquer. (hmm...NOT a factory un-lacquered instrument...past damage...?? Has the crap been buffed out of the bell flare to hide crease lines and to hide subsequent sandpaper scratches?
Can ship worldwide at buyer's expense.
Recently overhauled. It plays great. What does "overhauled" entail?
I bought it for a student but they ended up not needing it. Really? Didn't you buy it for yourself and not like it?
If you bought it for a student, they didn't even like it?

It plays nicely, especially considering the price! Rather than considering the PRICE, how nicely does it play compared to NEW ?
Comes with original case, which has seen better days. puts it at manufacture date somewhere between 1985-1990.
Message me if you’re interested Where are you?
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