Posted by Jay Bertolet on July 08, 2000 at 11:34:58:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Walter Nirschl 5/4 posted by Patrick Sheridan on July 08, 2000 at 10:08:11:
I was hoping Dave Zerkel would respond on this thread but he is currently tied up moving to his new job so I'll try to relay what I know.
It is true that Nirschl currently is only producing the 4/4 and the 6/4 tubas already mentioned. But before they settled on these two horns, they were experimenting with different designs. It was among these early horns that they produced a 5/4 tuba. Dave told me that his was one of those early ones and that there were very few of them made. Dave's horn definitely is bigger than the current 4/4 model so I don't think Custom is using "creative marketing" in this instance, if they are referring to an older model. The question really is, is the horn Custom mentioned a new or used one? If new, they are being "creative" because none of the 5/4 models are being made anymore.
I hope this information helps to clear things up a bit!