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Does anyone have current info on the situation with Cerveny? I think I read last year (?) that Lidl acquired the tooling and employees of Cerveny and will produce their horns. How is that playing out in the real world - anyone know?...

I heard that too. Here in Germany some dealers want to get rid of their Cerveny horns and make good prices. So i grabbed a CBB 686-4B Symphonia 3 for less money.

I'm just posting for S's and G's, I suppose...

...but maybe it would be a good thing for them to step the metal gauge up to .6mm, and use Minibal links.

If be interested in knowing what gauge of brass cerveny was using back in the 70's as opposed to the last 20-30 years

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:19 pm I'm just posting for S's and G's, I suppose...

...but maybe it would be a good thing for them to step the metal gauge up to .6mm, and use Minibal links.

My Cerveny has got Minibal links

another near off-topic comment...

Had I place the most recent edition of the John Packer JP379B (amazing knock-off of the Arion B-flat) FIRST, I might not have begun my Holton/King project. They've always been "good"...but - the last one that I sold to a private school - about an hour away...wow !

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:19 pm ... and use Minibal links.

Like these?...

glad to see that...
I haven't seen a new Cerveny tuba brought into the USA in decades...though I'm sure some have found there way here.

My Cerveny F had minibal linkage, too. Worked smoothly and without issue. My old Cerveny BBb, which I bought my sophomore year in college, had ball and socket joints . . . Definitely not as good, but that was in 1990.

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:30 pm

Great playing, gorgeous horns!

greenbean wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:33 am Does anyone have current info on the situation with Cerveny? I think I read last year (?) that Lidl acquired the tooling and employees of Cerveny and will produce their horns. How is that playing out in the real world - anyone know?...

As i read, Lidl has taken over the Cerveny production facility and the employees, it is again produced there by hand. But the trademark rights to the Cerveny & Synove brand have been owned by Geneva and its investors since the British took over.

By the way - This ist my new horn

Estubist wrote: By the way - This ist my new horn

Very nice!