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Hello, for sale is my York 6/4 CC tuba. Almost the entire horn is original York, even the valves. The horn is very free blowing and has an amazing sound as you can imagine. Unlike most York 6/4 tubas, this one has a large bore independent 5th valve. The valve action is great, and all the slides move well. This was a horn that was built with a lot of care and maintained with love. I believe it was built for Steve Dumain in the NSO.



More pictures coming soon

$11,995.95 OBO: also willing to hear trades

Located in Northern Indiana. Feel free to pm me here or email me at:

Tas14 at Iu.edu

I can vouch for this seller -- Theo is a great dude with whom I have done business several times in the past and I am sure this is a great tuba.

Do you have any information regarding who did the build? .750" bore? Is the fifth valve Kanstul?

arpthark wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 6:12 am I can vouch for this seller -- Theo is a great dude with whom I have done business several times in the past and I am sure this is a great tuba.

Do you have any information regarding who did the build? .750" bore? Is the fifth valve Kanstul?

Thanks!

Yes, 0.750 bore throughout the valves. They are original York. I believe the 5th valve was made by meinlsmidt in Germany, will check. It was built by Bob Schilp at Dillon music and played in the national symphony for awhile.

It appears as though someone did a ton of work reconfiguring that valve section from tilt to vertical. Kudos to them on all that work.

bloke wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:18 am It appears as though someone did a ton of work reconfiguring that valve section from tilt to vertical. Kudos to them on all that work.

Yes they did. A lot of care got put into this horn. Expert craftmanship.

My dream trade would be a miraphone elektra.

You may want to post the pictures you have in your Facebook ad on here. Those seemed like better quality pictures.

tubatodd wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:50 pm You may want to post the pictures you have in your Facebook ad on here. Those seemed like better quality pictures.

Agree! Picture I took today had been added

20” bell?

arpthark wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:16 am20” bell?

Yes, I believe it was cut down. Which definitely hones in the sound.

Im looking to get a C tuba for my new gig as a tuba player for the national guard army band. Im also a full time college student so money is a little hard for me so my best trade offer i have is a yamaha ybb-641. I know its a BBb horn but its all I got.

angelolivo27 wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 2:11 am Im looking to get a C tuba for my new gig as a tuba player for the national guard army band. Im also a full time college student so money is a little hard for me so my best trade offer i have is a yamaha ybb-641. I know its a BBb horn but its all I got.

I believe this tuba has sold, but doesn't the Army provide an instrument?

I had a classmate in college who was in the 202nd Army Band (National Guard band) and they provided him with a Meinl-Weston Thor CC and a Miraphone Firebird F.