I had not known before this point that Sears and Kmart still existed. Apparently they still have some actual stores out there: https://brilliantmaps.com/us-locations/sears-locations/

https://www.facebook.com/share/1B7cAyrVzH/

https://scontent-den2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.84726-6/842679153_4416676721925545_3966764808801959707_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960_tt6&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=92e707&_nc_ohc=5EDmpSvS_VwQ7kNvwFWwqPY&_nc_oc=Adp9wNUXCaKrwZ8aO7Jf1W67yvOErdhuUC5VeiUzFSZHj58T ...

Despite the dents, this one is less dinged-up than most of these I see for sale used.

Seller's FB profile indicates MN connection.

https://reverb.com/item/102452549-b-s-m ... valve-tuba

Sounds like like it's a K&M restriction and not a Thomann restriction. That might limit getting anything from them through other vendors as well.

https://reverb.com/item/102347817-king- ... k-and-bits

This has been up for a while (not my horn): https://www.facebook.com/share/19Pi7amn3m/

Not what you're looking for, but this might serve as an interim solution: https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/denve ... BKkzgMhvdh

It's probably one of the ones you checked, but I found it at B&H Photo, but it's a special order and not cheap: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/693258-REG/K_M_14945_000_55_14945_000_55_Stand_for_King_size.html/

I think I got mine from them back in the pre-tariff days when it was a lot ...

Long 4th tube, but I'm just a hack, so no idea what it equates to.

Whole lotta carriage rings.

https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/cleve ... kMTyZti797

https://reverb.com/item/102269503-wills ... ver-plated

https://www.baltimorebrasscompany.com/s ... 604703.htm

For what it's worth there are schools out there that still teach instrument repair apparently outside of NAPBIRT. Locally we have CIOMIT which I've heard is good. I know I've had them do work on a couple of my horns, and they've done a good job. Their "Band Director Basics" course cost is below ...

For what it's worth there are schools out there that still teach instrument repair apparently outside of NAPBIRT. Locally we have CIOMIT which I've heard is good. I know I've had them do work on a couple of my horns, and they've done a good job. Their "Band Director Basics" course cost is below the ...

York Loyalist shows the model 712 as the only original 4/4 front-action 4v BBb:

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/17b769_7dd5f2e4e6134b7ba792584263f89fa3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_486,h_822,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/712.jpg

That said, there was a B&M produced mode l that bears a slight ...

Has anyone done a side-by-side comparison of any of the recent, supposedly York-inspired, BBb horns out there?

Yamaha YBB-623

Eastman EBB622

Sierman B-Rex (Tanker 1030-1)

I'm tempted to include the new Conn CBB4114 , although it's top-action whereas all the others are front-action. The ...