Imo, that's what those new-style King 2341 tubas in good/used condition should go for -- not $4k or $5k.

Because the older/tall/detachable-bell King 2341 tubas in good/used condition usually sell for $2k - $3k, and they are built better than the new-style ones.

There are other good 4/4, 4-valve ...

Will send pics thru email if interested. Just send me a message here first.

Bump.

That is definitely an Elkhart Conn 14k sousa. I also have one like it

A lot of great ones already mentioned

Some other wind band pieces I really like:

Schuman -- Chester Overture
Stamp -- Gavorkna Fanfare
Makris -- Aegean Festival Overture
Woolfenden -- Illyrian Dances
Adler -- Southwestern Sketches
Holst -- Moorside March

As of yesterday, I will say that the B&S PT-1 is a fine BBb tuba!

I'm beginning to really believe that B&S tubas are the most efficient for dynamics and tone per cubic liter of air blown through them. The PT-1 doesn't seem anywhere near as much of an air hog as it should be, it feels far ...

I discovered the original Tubenet BBS in 1999. I was attending my first college at the time, and I remember the computer lab with desktop computers. I think they were Gateway or Dell computers. Anyway I was just a lurker on Tubenet at the time, but anyone could post freely on any threads on the BBS ...

Sold!

Seems like a great deal for someone to buy, fix up and keep for yourself, or flip. I don't have a Facebook account, so can't message. Someone else should nab up this tuba

I'm one of the few weirdos that actually likes the YBB-641. They are maybe not as 'colorful' in sound as other similar tubas, but they will have a good characteristic tuba sound if you play it decently. It's a more 'vanilla', yet rounder sound and doesn't 'blat' like the Miraphone 186.
I find the ...

You know my views on that. I'd say go ahead and paint it

It's been a while since I played both models, but I prefer the B&S PT-1. The PT-1 is slightly larger than a Mira 186 BBb, but both are close enough. I usually group the old PT-1 in with the MW-25 and Mira 187 as 4/4+ rotary BBb tubas. The PT-1 will generally have a wider, more buttery sound than the ...

There has to be some sousa players that are fairly close by or come thru my area. Send a message here and come on out to try this classic sousa that 'floats' on your shoulders because it's so light, yet is built like a tank and plays great. *Bump*

Now at $5,500 -- a much more reasonable/realistic price.
This looks to be a 1970s -- early 1980s model, in excellent condition. Still has the Getzen scribe on the bell, S-linkage, etc. Meinl-Weston made multiple changes to this model over the years. Good tubas

I may have come off as a little bratty in my post above. But it was just because I'm all about the music and us musicians doing the best job we can. And that sometimes it just feels thrown together and not as polished as I'd like at times.

But the gig/service went well and was very enjoyable. Lots ...

TheBerlinerTuba has a B&S 4rv oval baritone horn for sale:

https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=7792

Similar here. Try doing that with a quartet (2 trumpets, trombone, tuba), with 2 trumpets on one side, and the trombone and tuba on the other side up on the stage of the sanctuary. No conductor; just the organist sort of starting everything and we have to do our best and 'feel' for any time she ...

My weirdo self would love to see more tubas & sousas with quality metallic and pearlescent paint finishes. Someone here (tubatodd?) posted a while back on some school sousas that were finished with a pearlescent-cream paint finish. I thought it looked great :hearteyes:
Fiberglass sousas in ...

I think raw brass can look OK if it has a deep, even patina all over. Especially a deep coffee-brown patina evenly all over, wiped down every now and then. But yellow, green, and brown tarnish-smeared fingerprints on raw brass is butt-ugly, imo.

I personally prefer lacquered or even metallic ...

I guess what I find a little funny is the fact that the modern bass bone isn't even really a true 'bass' instrument, even though it certainly plays bass parts. It is a gigantic tenor trombone with usually 2 triggers. But a modern 2-trigger/valve bass bone is pitched in Bb -- exactly like the tenor ...

This is a great sousa at a great price. If this Selmer Signet was made new today, it would be over $5,000+ and not made nearly as well as this one...

If the Conn 14k were made new today, it would be over $10,000+ and not made nearly as well as my original Elkhart Conn 14k. I may 'pretty up' the 14k ...