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"This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:53 am
by bloke
Just find a new bell, find a new set of linkage, execute a complete restoration, and you're good to go !
https://www.ebay.com/itm/304338275961
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:23 am
by windshieldbug
The 3rd finger pad looks fairly straight...
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:02 am
by bloke
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:15 pm
by the elephant
I would do all that work to it…
… if I could get the tuba for about $500…
… and if I even
remotely liked that model of tuba…
…which I don't.
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:22 pm
by bloke
I guess the bloke attic is already too full of $200-$500 rotary tubas (Miraphone, Meinl-Weston, what have you) for anything resembling that to be the least bit attractive.
Bit by bit, I’m getting them slicked out and sold - as was seen with the 84 in the repair thread, and which might actually eventually be seen in the Holton 6/4 thread - but these days I’m much more attracted to shiny instruments which can be made nice in one long hard day’s work, and even if I have to pay up to $2000 less than their ready-to-sell value.
Again, if I see something that looks like it’s going to take more than 10 hours to slick out, I’m going to pass on it, because I have plenty of stuff like that already.
… The midget trashed York 4/4-sized Holton - that I recently morphed into an instrument… Well I just couldn’t help it; what can I say?
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:29 pm
by bort2.0
It looks like it's potential (energy) has previously been turned into kinetic (energy).
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:16 pm
by bloke
All it needs is a vintage/rare-model brand-new kranz, and someone willing to install it.
bort2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:29 pm
It looks like it's potential (energy) has previously been turned into kinetic (energy).
Re: "This tuba has tons of potential!"
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:00 pm
by humBell
bort2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:29 pm
It looks like it's potential (energy) has previously been turned into kinetic (energy).
Was there an inelastic collision?
