by kev102189

This is a 186 miraphone tuba, it was totally overhauled about 5 years ago and has been stored most of the period since then. I did put in a few crumb dings and scrapes and there is some areas where the laquer is starting to get bad, as you can see in the pictures. The valves all move voluntarily and smoothly and the tuning slides are all in horrendous brainwash as well. Includes wheeled dark package. I'm asking 2800 obo + shipping from Truckee, CA 96161

Source: Mirafone 186 4 valve BBb tuba 4 sale - TubaNews.com Forums

by dentaltuba

I have the 1291 BBb which is the plunger valve adaptation of the 191. The low notes (Fourth ledger road F down to pedal Bb) uncommonly indicate as it were compared to other BBb's. Larger tubas may give bigger down there but these notes unusually fall short of to swoop down on out of the 1291. The low manifest can truly be a bit raspy in the hands of an defective speculator like myself. The 1291 BBb de facto sings in the mid and exuberant registers - I do a lot of alone playing and I've felt no impecuniousness to production bass tuba since I got the 1291. It gives nothing away to higher deliberate tubas as a on one's own implement. It gives nothing away to CC tubas either unless you're sitting next to something very gigantic like a 5/4 Rudolf Meinl. If you are upsetting to choose a serious poll on contrabass tuba in a unconfined clothes you are wealthy to use a lot of air no context what tuba you are playing. Four bar phrases are a imagination. In sonorous low passages you puff after every note. Sometimes you rock hint with your component chum even on half notes - one breathing half way through the note and the other at the start of the note.

Source: miraphone tubas 187vs191 - TubaNews.com Forums