Need help identifying mirafone!!
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Need help identifying mirafone!!
Hello all, title describes exactly as says lol. I have a mirafone in my posession that I can't identify for the life of me. All that i know is that it's a mirafone, it's probably a student model, and it was probably made sometime in the late 60's???? The serial numbers read "Mirafone Standard 3586". Any and all information about this horn is greatly appreciated!!
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Re: Need help identifying mirafone!!
1270
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Re: Need help identifying mirafone!!
A.D. or B.C.?
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not Caesar...seize her!
Scroll down past the brochure and past several more posts towards the bottom of the first page of this thread. There's a picture of the four valve version which was called a 1271. The three valve version was called 1270:
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On reddit there are 2 pictures:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tuba/comments/ ... _mirafone/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tuba/comments/ ... _mirafone/
My tubas equal 3288
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I was able to identify it in that picture because of "STANDARD" engraved on the bell.
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Re: Need help identifying mirafone!!
Take this with a grain of salt (probably more) since it's been almost 20 years, but I've found Miraphone to be pretty responsive to these kinds of questions in the past.
I bought my 181 from the original owner a year after they bought it. This was around the time they introduced the Firebird IIRC. The owner sold it as having a Firebird's bell and the serial started with F281- (F281 being the Firebird's model number).
That December at Midwest Clinic, I spent some time at Miraphone's booth chatting with the folks there about the horn. I was able to learn some info there (the part about the Firebird bell likely not being true, for example) and they gave me their card and asked me to email them with the serial and they'd find out.
They got back to me relatively quickly (it was around the holidays and they had to get back to Germany first) and it turns out that it was a stock 181 with the model number just being a misprint.
I bought my 181 from the original owner a year after they bought it. This was around the time they introduced the Firebird IIRC. The owner sold it as having a Firebird's bell and the serial started with F281- (F281 being the Firebird's model number).
That December at Midwest Clinic, I spent some time at Miraphone's booth chatting with the folks there about the horn. I was able to learn some info there (the part about the Firebird bell likely not being true, for example) and they gave me their card and asked me to email them with the serial and they'd find out.
They got back to me relatively quickly (it was around the holidays and they had to get back to Germany first) and it turns out that it was a stock 181 with the model number just being a misprint.
Joe K
Player of tuba, taker of photos, breaker of things (mostly software)
Miraphone 181 F w/ GW Matanuska/Yamaha John Griffiths
Kalison Daryl Smith w/ Blokepiece (#2 32.6, Symphony cup and shank)
Player of tuba, taker of photos, breaker of things (mostly software)
Miraphone 181 F w/ GW Matanuska/Yamaha John Griffiths
Kalison Daryl Smith w/ Blokepiece (#2 32.6, Symphony cup and shank)
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