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ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:07 pm
by WakinAZ
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:35 pm
by matt g
ilovebadgirls
Anyhow, it’s cool to see these, but it’s already at a ridiculously high price.
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:12 am
by hrender
ILBG is @saxophyte, I think. Vintage hellebergs go for large sums, so it's not a bad starting price. Whether it is worth it is in the eye of the beholder.
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:51 am
by matt g
I’m all for getting the price you can get. It can still boggle my mind what people are willing to pay.
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:33 pm
by Stryk
Quite a few new mouthpieces in that neighborhood, so it's really not that bad. Somebody will want it for that price.
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:05 pm
by bort2.0
Is this something that is supposed to get restored and *gasp* used, or something to be preserved in this condition in someone else's sock drawer?
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:58 pm
by WakinAZ
Fwiw the seller is a decent guy to deal with, despite the un-PC ebay handle.
I don't know what a Helleberg of this vintage usually goes for, but I would guess the price is probably somewhere in fair territory.
Gotta love the olde school styling. If I bought this, I would have it replated and play on it
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:59 pm
by donn
Get a Conn 2 and take a hammer to the rim, to make it just a little flatter. With some luck that might get you about there, and you can afford to repeat the experiment several times and come out ahead.
Re: ebay: 1930'S CONN HELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:45 am
by Yorkboy
Is that even restorable?