Alexander BBb/F

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Alexander BBb/F

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Anyone ever played one of these? I assume it’s one of those “master of none” situations but it’s certainly cool looking. (Taken from Facebook)

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Heavy_Metal (Thu Jul 28, 2022 8:34 pm)


B&S GR-51 BBb
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Re: Alexander BBb/F

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Want.
Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
1970s Marzan Slant-rotor BBb
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
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Re: Alexander BBb/F

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might be darn nice, with all of the B-flat stuff removed
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Re: Alexander BBb/F

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"Heavy for its size" is good for picking out grapefruit, but not for tubas.
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It is now on the ebay kleinanzeigen for sale for the unique price of 6500 euro's
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 13-74-3813
My tubas equal 3288
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Re: Alexander BBb/F

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Thant is no double tuba!
That's a normal F with Quint valve. The 7th valve is to improve the tune with the Quint valve...

It looks a Alexander/B&S...
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Re: Alexander BBb/F

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I have seen a number of tubas with this configuration in European blasmusik ensembles. So many that I began to assume it was a regular feature in those groups. :huh:
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Re: Alexander BBb/F

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Alexander’s are hand made so I’m not sure if a user’s reviews will do you any good.
I’ve played on both kinds of doubles and I wasn’t impressed, and the full double was one they had in their own show room.
Too stuffy and too many intonation quirks.

This doesn’t mean that there aren’t any out their worth while to play on. But considering all the complications you can run into I’m not sure it’s worth the gamble.
To put it another way: if they were that great then I think we (as a community) would have heard about it by now.
Good luck
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