In fairly recent memory Dillon had a new 185. Reports of people who play tested that one said it had pretty severe intonation problems. A 188, they should have no trouble selling though, and hopefully lesson learned by the parents.

Is there a recording????

This instrument is in for cleaning. It turned out to have quite a signifcant bash in the bottom bow, with duct tape on it. I'm told it plays fine, and we have decided to just clean it and let the new owner decide about fixing the bow.
Once again asking about fair market value, as there aren't a lot ...

I have great curiosity about these but it will not be satisfied in any way unless I have a previously agreed upon long gig needing a cimbo, which clearly isn't going to happen for a number of reasons. I don't think there even IS a cimbo in the entire city of Tucson, although there might be one in ...

Obviously the right intelligent person has not yet seen it FS and eventually that right person will take the drive and get the reward.

just for the record, if I were going to play gypsy violin solos, it would be on a violin.

There is still putting it on a pallet and shipping with Dominion. There are sellers who do that. I received my first tuba from Dillon packed that way, 20 years ago or so.

If Wade would agree to drive to somewhere that he feels it would be safe to ship FROM, I suspect there would be more serious interest. Refusing to ship and living where he does, it's going to be difficult no matter how wonderful the tuba is.

LibraryMark wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 11:58 am My Ipad is laughing right now.

If you also get phone calls on your ipad (I have no idea if you can) then you could make that laugh the ring tone.
However, if there is a gust of wind strong enough to blow your stand over, it's my cook book cover that's going to be laughing at your ipad.

Yeah but I manage to get the distortion between the staves.

I got through a windy outdoor brass band concert saturday evening with my usual setup, but the music was no more than three-pagers, xeroxed, so they were all taped together. I have a plexiglas cookbook holder that hangs on the stand from the top and keeps the middle steady, and both long and regular ...

You would think they would sell more new ones than they do, unless it's not really the same instrument. Although with the two I have owned, both would have gained from an E in the staff playable in tune without alternate fingerings.

@chaspol3 I have sent you two emails and one DM, and you have not answered. So I'm concluding that you are no longer interested.

As far as tuning as a violinist, your best bet is to get the A440 before you go on stage and tune then. Because on stage, you cannot hear yourself think, much less hear accurately, when the winds are tuning. So you better have it perfectly tuned before you go out. Plus, for most violins, you cannot ...

You know, as a violinist, what impressed me the most? She played running octaves (both notes at once) that were so in tune it was difficult to diferentiate the higher note. Given that each requires a different distance between the first and 4th fingers, and no two are alike unless they are exactly a ...

Bump. In another few days I will put it on the Phoenix craigslist, but wanted to give people here a chance first.

They come up occasionally. If you're interested I'll have an Alex 163 BBb in excellent shape coming soon; it's now in the shop being cleaned and minor dent removal (there were no major dents.)

I don't know why that happened -- I'll do it over.
If this share doesn't work (edited initial post) I'll shrink them all to fit and post tomorrow on here. Sorry about that, I was trying to avoid the hassle of shrinking them so I could put in the post. I dont' know any other way of doing it.

I have gotten two requests from people who want to access this folder on dropbox; I thought everyone can see the pics?

And the requested access included editing -- which under all circumstances is a nope anyway.

The two names given me who want editing access are Charley Pollard and Daniel Sanchez ...

Just beware with Facbook Marketplace --- quite a few scammers. Don't buy unseen from there.