Kalison K2001

[hrender]

I don't normally share auctions unless they're BIN. This one is notable b/c I don't think I've seen one of these for sale in several years.

Side note: Put on some shoes, man.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324705026762

[bort2.0]

Neat tuba!
Needs shoes.
Also, holy pricetag!

[cktuba]

I would LOVE to have this... but disposable income really isn't a thing for me right now.

[matt g]

Neat tuba!
Needs shoes.
Also, holy pricetag!

Yeah, the price is a bit optimistic…

The seller of this used to rave about how great this horn is. I’m wondering what he’s replacing it with?

[hrender]

Also, holy pricetag!

Another reason I wasn't worried about sharing it. I don't think anyone's going to be doing the auction sniper thing with this.

[KingTuba1241X]

Neat tuba!
Needs shoes.
Also, holy pricetag!

Yeah, the price is a bit optimistic…

The seller of this used to rave about how great this horn is. I’m wondering what he’s replacing it with?

Something in B flat he says. Oh the horror, a Major Symphony Orchestra might not approve.

[MikeMason]

I heard he plays an Eastman 534 with the orchestra. It’s a really good playing horn.

[the elephant]

Is Zach Chuck's son? The LVPO site says he was a student of the previous tuba player, and both are named Jackson, so I wonder…

I miss Chuck. I met him at the Armed Forces School of Music in 1985, and he was a heck of a good player and a great guy to hang out with. I advanced out of the school so was not there that long. Chuck was a class behind me and took over as the SOM tuba instructor for Dave Dorrough right as I was wrapping up the paperwork to graduate and go on to my band in NYC. He posted on TN for many years until FD caused him to walk away from the tuba. He is an excellent school orchestra director in Las Vegas. I have wondered whether Zach Jackson was his son for a few years now. Maybe that is his foot in the photo. Is this Zach's tuba? Anyone know for sure?

[hrender]

Item description indicates it is him:

I bought this from Vince Simonetti back when I first got my job in the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and I have loved it for a long time. Currently I am switching to BBb and I no longer need this horn.

[the elephant]

Item description indicates it is him:

I bought this from Vince Simonetti back when I first got my job in the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and I have loved it for a long time. Currently I am switching to BBb and I no longer need this horn.

But which one? Zach would be too young to have bought it brand new. If it is Chuck that would explain the sell-off since he no longer plays. And Chuck would be the right age to have bought it from VINCE, a LONG time ago, probably new. Zach could have bought it used, but if he is Chuck's son (anyone know?) he would not have been old enough to have bought from TE when Vince was still slinging tubas there, new or used.

I just want to know if the two men are related and whether there was another tubist who served between them for a few years. Curious, but not nosey enough to actually bug Chuck to find out. I am sure he doesn't want private questions like this dumped into his lap.

I hope Chuck is well and happy. He's a good man.

[hrender]

Article from 2009 mentioned Chuck Jackson selling off his horns. Also says he grew up in Rome, NY. (Not far from where my mom grew up and settled, fwiw.) Zach Jackson's bio on the LVPO says he is a 5th-gen LV native. I don't think they're directly related.

[the elephant]

Article from 2009 mentioned Chuck Jackson selling off his horns. Also says he grew up in Rome, NY. (Not far from where my mom grew up and settled, fwiw.) Zach Jackson's bio on the LVPO says he is a 5th-gen LV native. I don't think they're directly related.

It is weird just how coincidences like this pop up in our hyper-tiny world. Thank you for the information.

[kingrob76]

I hope he gets $7,000 for this. I'm really glad it's not listed for $5,000. I really liked my Pro2000 but it had some real flaws - if those were addressed in this design this becomes a really good horn in my mind WITH a detachable valve section and leadpipe.

[donn]

I surfed around a lot for owner impressions of the Pro 2000, which were very enthusiastic overall. I think I saw less on K2001. Rotax valve? I suppose fewer were made, but at any rate the price doesn't seem surprising to me, though a lot to pay without trying first.

[martyneilan]

I had a K2001 and was VERY happy with it. The only note with a pitch issue was the one ledger C above the staff (aka middle C on the piano) and I used 1st valve pushed in. This horn has a trigger so it can still be played open. The 2001 is slightly bigger than the 2000 (bell, height, bore, etc) and had a myriad of minor improvements that add up to a better overall horn, and the 2000 had many fans. Very few were sold in the states, probably because there was only one distributor unlike with the previous models. Build quality on my horn was first rate. Is it worth the money vs 10 grand for a Chinese horn? I would say so. I would classify the 2001 as a 5.5/4 and a very versatile big horn with a clear sound.

[Doc]

Side note: Put on some shoes, man.

Agreed and TRIGGERED!

When the photographer's instructions are, "SAY, 'CHEESE'," ^^^THIS^^^ is NOT what he means. Bare man-feet DO NOT boost the appeal of the sale item. Leave them out.

Come on, man... have some dignity and courtesy... and some self-awareness....

[bort2.0]

Unless the foot is also for sale. In which case, it had better be pictured. I want to know what I'm buying!!

[Doc]

Unless the foot is also for sale. In which case, it had better be pictured. I want to know what I'm buying!!

That ain't the kind of foot I need.

[York-aholic]

That horn has some serious bell throat!

[bloke]

One certainly can't effectively argue that it's a copy of anything...