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CT Facebook: MW 25 w/ custom spoon job $1600 OBO
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:00 pm
by arpthark
Not mine, but not a bad price. Happy to check this out for folks if anyone is interested.
https://facebook.com/marketplace/item/227099059730300/
Re: CT Facebook: MW 25 w/ custom spoon job $1600 OBO
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:14 pm
by bloke
Spoons or oem, those things were so much prettier back when they put a kranz on them.
Re: CT Facebook: MW 25 w/ custom spoon job $1600 OBO
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:57 am
by arpthark
bloke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:14 pm
Spoons or oem, those things were so much prettier back when they put a kranz on them.
Don't know if I've ever seen a spoon with a kranz on it.
serious: this tuba is marked W. Meinl-Weston Band Instruments, but NOT "Division of Getzen," so I wonder if the seller's estimation of the age of this instrument is a little off. I'd guess 1960s? Did the Getzen relationship come later?
Re: CT Facebook: MW 25 w/ custom spoon job $1600 OBO
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:46 am
by bort2.0
IIRC, 60s seems about right. It sure looks like it's older than when the seller says.
There were e a few MW tubas pre-Getzen than went through Dillon music like 5 years ago... Those had some fancy engraving on them, and were really nice looking.
Debate time... Is this a MW-20 or 25?
Re: CT Facebook: MW 25 w/ custom spoon job $1600 OBO
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:47 am
by bort2.0
Price and configuration are both good for me... But damn, those spoons would have to go... and that seems $$$
Re: CT Facebook: MW 25 w/ custom spoon job $1600 OBO
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:58 am
by arpthark
Yeah... I'd replace them with forks.