Posted by Chris Hall on May 20, 2003 at 09:00:00:
I am selling my Hirbrunner HB2P, even though I would rather keep it.  
Here are the reasons: 
    I now have a Meinl Weston 2000, and the HB2P plays quite differently.
    I don't use it in the orchestra anymore, and rarely play it.
    I just bought a nice F tuba with money that was earmarked for home improvements.
    My wife keeps asking me if I am going to sell it.
I love this horn and want to keep it, as I have played it for 15 years, and feel as though it is a family member (NO, I am not selling my family!), but it is just not getting played. 
$10,000 with gig bag, and I may sell a hard case, too.
please email me at 
I do not want to ship the horn, so you will have to come to New Jersey to try it.(sorry)
Thank you, 
          Chris Hall, tuba
           Metropolitan Opera Orchestra