looking towards making this thing useful (as no one seems interested in buying it)
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 1:04 pm
I have a mint condition William Bell Model (Meinl-Weston) detachable bell with - amazingly - the original hard case (same condition).
I've offered it for sale to William Bell Model owners, but (even though their oem bells are likely worn/repaired) no one (so far) is interested in buying it.
The male collar is TAPERED and the small end measures 6-9/16" (with a small amount of expansion).
If/since no one is interested in buying it, I'm looking into exploring my own uses (as so many vintage Miraphone 186 tubas feature hopelessly trashed bells).
I found a lower (cut off) portion of a Miraphone 186 bell upstairs.
The large end of that piece-of-a-186-bell is just about the same diameter (just under 6-1/2") as the small end of the Meinl-Weston detachable bell.
If anyone has a TAPERED female receiver that would fit this bell (or a LOWER BELL PART WITH the tapered receiver that would fit this bell) I might have something usable.
With the Miraphone bell section fragment that I found, it's nearly as long as a stock 186 bell, so (with a good-fitting tapered receiver) I would have something here that I could use for something...(??)
...so - I suppose - I'm asking about JUST THE RIGHT SIZE of tapered receiver ...OR...that receiver AND the lower bell part attached to it.
The HEIGHT of the tenon (as I've already given the small-end dimension) is about 1-1/4 inches (probably TALLER than those ancient Miraphone "recording bass" female tenons...EVEN IF the size and taper were to match up.
I've offered it for sale to William Bell Model owners, but (even though their oem bells are likely worn/repaired) no one (so far) is interested in buying it.
The male collar is TAPERED and the small end measures 6-9/16" (with a small amount of expansion).
If/since no one is interested in buying it, I'm looking into exploring my own uses (as so many vintage Miraphone 186 tubas feature hopelessly trashed bells).
I found a lower (cut off) portion of a Miraphone 186 bell upstairs.
The large end of that piece-of-a-186-bell is just about the same diameter (just under 6-1/2") as the small end of the Meinl-Weston detachable bell.
If anyone has a TAPERED female receiver that would fit this bell (or a LOWER BELL PART WITH the tapered receiver that would fit this bell) I might have something usable.
With the Miraphone bell section fragment that I found, it's nearly as long as a stock 186 bell, so (with a good-fitting tapered receiver) I would have something here that I could use for something...(??)
...so - I suppose - I'm asking about JUST THE RIGHT SIZE of tapered receiver ...OR...that receiver AND the lower bell part attached to it.
The HEIGHT of the tenon (as I've already given the small-end dimension) is about 1-1/4 inches (probably TALLER than those ancient Miraphone "recording bass" female tenons...EVEN IF the size and taper were to match up.
