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Lot of Alexanders showing up for sale lately.

https://www.baltimorebrasscompany.com/p ... -tuba.aspx

Nice!

Anyone played this?

I'm tempted, but a bit wary of the clock springs. How do they compare with regular wire springs?

My Alex has clocksprings- nothing wrong with them, but I'm told if they break, fixing them is more involved. If I didn't have mine, I'd be heading down there to check it out- that is a VERY good price for an Alex.

WakinAZ wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:00 pm Anyone played this?

I'm tempted, but a bit wary of the clock springs. How do they compare with regular wire springs?

Eric "who has lusted after an Alexander 163 for years" L.

When in good condition, they are just as good or better. No difference..but like Heavy Metal said...

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tofu wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:31 pm if that thing plays as good as it looks I'd buy it at that price. To bad Baltimore Brass is in Baltimore. I sure wouldn't want to ship it and I sure don't want to go to Baltimore.

For clarity, Baltimore Brass is in Catonsville, Baltimore County, not the City. It's nice there.

Anybody here get a chance to play it? How is the intonation? My understanding is the Alex BBb tubas (in general) had pretty good intonation.

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Baltimore Brass is a few miles outside of the bad parts of Baltimore. It's NOT a bad area at all.

Baltimore Brass is in Baltimore County, not Baltimore City. Sounds like semantcs, but it's a world of difference between watching an episode of The Wire and being in Anytown USA.

How do I know? I grew up 3 miles from there, and my parents still live there.