A cheaper alternative is a used 4/4 Cerveny 681-4 which might be suitable for your needs. There is one for sale here .... https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php ... 44#p125744

See here https://clara.imslp.org/work/460722

And yes, I am small too 169 cm high and 64 kg, but have no problems playing 4/4 C and Bb tubas. Efficient sound production and frequent breathing does the trick ....

I think your biggest blocker is your statement "I don't want to learn new fingerings"

You are restricting yourself unnessecarily here, cause it only takes a fresh mindset and a couple of weeks practise to learn a new transposition, or to learn bass clef in any of the 4 common tuba pitches.

Plus it ...

I liked the piece, but hated the thin rim. I liked it better with the wider rim. Felt more like a euphonium mouthpiece.


Thats interesting. I have the opposite experience.

The best mouthpiece for my Yamaha euoh I did find, is none of the socalled typical euph pieces, but a stock Yamaha 58 and ...

Thanks, good to know that soft solder will stick to the plated surface, it looks like nickel plating to me. Also good to know that modern replacement valves will work.

I am nor sure though if a solder blob will cover the hole, its about 3 mm large and very fragile on the rim of the hole. The port ...

I got an old beater Yamaha 321 Eb tuba, which I want to use for street music. Unfortunately, one of the piston ports did not survive cleaning with vinegre acid and a brush, it has a thin spot and a hole now inside the port.

Its one of the old pistons with metal guard, so I think I am out of luck ...

bloke wrote: Mon Apr 07, 2025 10:26 pm Now that you're 60, you're not only full of hate, but you're grumpy, like me...

Great! I will never again have problems with un-clean fingering of fast passages!

Good morning,
i recommend www.cargoboard.de

It's worth to take a look.
German DHL ship boxes 120x60x60 around 20 Euro.


Thanks, will try and see if it works from Denmark too. No, not really, seems only to be B2B

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Found one option: UpS takes 300,- Euro for the palleted cargo ... any better options around here ??

Can one still send half an Euro pallet by train ?? 30 years ago I did send an entire motorbike by train, from Italy to Germany, that went OK ...

I want to send a Cherveny 641 Bb tuba from Copenhagen, Denmark to southern Germany for a reasonable price.

I cam package securely, either in the dimensions

120x55x65 cm, about 20 kg, in cardboard box with wooden enforced corners and plenty of soft stuffing, or

80x60x130 cm, about 35 kg, on a ...

My experience with 5 valve Eb bass tuba is pretty much the oppsite than Mary Ann.

I play a MW 5+0 frontaction piston Eb tuba, where the 5th valve circuit is rotary, and the largest in diameter.

I never use false tones, the correct fingering (involving a 4th slide pull for F) speaks in all cases ...

Or buy this one viewtopic.php?t=10959 order the 5th valve from Alexander and slap it on. ....

And the Alexander model 151 5 valve bb baritone tuba here is in production. https://gebr-alexander.de/en/products/b-baritontuba-modell-151

Kaiser bariton or baritone tuba, well tomatoes tomatoes, its the German name for an euphonium. The American or British baritone are considerably smaller in bore ...

And the Mirafon bb Kaiser baritone with 5 rotaries is still in production, see here https://www.miraphone.de/bb-kaiser-baritone.html

I would love to try it

I think Lätzsch in Bemen made one some 15 years ago, saw once a picture. Its with rotary valves. Never had a chance to try it, though.

bloke wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:17 pm - insert a football-shaped dent "ball"

This is the hard part. It's easy to find many sizes of round polished steel balls, but football shaped?
Where do you buy these?

If you pay to play, its an addiction. I am severely addicted to low brass playing. Comes with well known additional conditions as TAS ( tuba aquisition syndrome) LBP (low brass plumbing) and FWB (forgetting wifes birthday).. .. have to leave now for some tuba tooting. ..