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Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:05 am
by arpthark
Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:23 am
by bloke
Two of those look to be really close to my sealed box pricing, particularly as my pricing includes shipping.
Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:51 am
by arpthark
Looks like the Eastman is gone.
Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:04 pm
by jtm
I guess realistically there aren't enough
B&S Symphonie tubas at that price for everybody to have one.
Re: Tuba Exchange: Demo Packer/Eastman F tubas $4,995/ea
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:10 am
by bloke
I don't buy - well...not all that much - in the "handmade" thing (re: earlier instruments).
That having been said, I really don't believe that the Symphonie model has ever quite been completely copied.
The mouthpipe tubes begin at-or-below (only) a 1/2-inch bore on the "real" ones, and (as some know) very early on (mid-1970's), the mouthpiece receiver size was (what is today labeled as) "small".
Those things that Tom is/was selling (at least, during a noisy elephant room quick test) played pretty nicely, for me.
If someone's looking for a PT-15 (larger than Symphonie), the JP is the very best-built and closest copy.