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$20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:45 pm
by arpthark

Re: $20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 5:48 pm
by the elephant
Old… Yamaha YBB-102… 1980s, IIRC…

Re: $20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 10:11 pm
by tadawson
"A true bargain! Only run over once . . . " :facepalm2:

Re: $20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 7:56 am
by prodigal
It'd be worth more than that in scrap.

Re: $20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:23 am
by arpthark
Looks like they increased the price to $50 and are accepting highest offer.

Someone tried to pull that on me after I already agreed to meet them for the item and had scheduled a meetup time — it was a King 3B trombone they were selling for $100. Once they realized what they had, they tried to turn it into an auction and asked for my highest and best offer. I said no thanks, not doing a de facto auction with some random facebook person.

Re: $20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2025 8:54 am
by bloke
That particular model is one that I wouldn't buy to resell. If someone gave me one - and it was repairable to sellable condition in a maximum of two hours, I'd get it ready to sell and find someone who wanted a cheap tuba.

Re: $20 tuba in Grand Rapids, MI

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 12:27 pm
by humBell
(Going by memory... as link is down, so i guess they sold it)

If you find an eb of that layout, they're fun. But i suppose you have to like ebs. (and i expect yamaha(/holton?) may not have imitated that model, so wicked old besson?)