Posted by I've never on December 15, 2003 at 21:42:50:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How would you price a used 4/4 Nirschl? posted by mjg on December 15, 2003 at 21:32:50:
played on a B & M / Nirschl / etc. 4/4-size CC tuba (all look about the same to me, except slight differences in the "guts") that had a "handy" scale...
...EXCEPT one once that had "B/M Symphonic" engraved on the bell...and had a very curious 5th valve set-up. The "B/M Symphonic" was sort of "St. Petersburg-ish", though, as far as construction...A LOT of sandpaper and buffing (rather than craftsmanship) was used in the manufacturing of the bows.
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Getting back to the original inquiry, you might drop it off at Baltimore, Dillon, or LowBrassWerks - depending on where the tuba is now located...or get brave and ebay it with an opening bid of $3800 on a ten-day auction. One thing about ebay, when GOOD and SEMI-RARE stuff is offered up for bids there, it SELDOM goes at "bargain" prices.