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critique this generic ad

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:46 pm
by bloke
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

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2025 8:36 pm
by russiantuba
Piston or Rotor?

BBb or CC?

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:09 pm
by Mary Ann
Get on zoom with the tuba and a tuner and show me how it plays.
Hasn't failed me yet.

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:52 am
by MiBrassFS
Define “overhauled.”

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 9:24 am
by Casca Grossa
Do you have any recordings playing this with a brass quintet?

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:27 pm
by C J
why would you put money in a tuba (overhauling) and then selling the tuba.

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:39 pm
by Jim Williams
Either it plays nice or it doesn't. The price has nothing to do with it.

Re: critique this generic ad

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 4:04 pm
by bloke
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?