Alex 163 BBb LOCAL SALE ONLY

[Mary Ann]

Puctures here:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kbvbvadj ... 0yzs2&dl=0

[Heavy_Metal]

Beautiful!

[Mary Ann]

Bumpity bump.

[Mary Ann]

Bump.

[Mary Ann]

Bump. I will be speaking with the owner with a translator within the week so I can get a better idea of what she wants to do. One of the things I'm suggesting is to put this and the F on consignment for visibility, since what I'm doing is not working. If I refused to ship, I'd understand it, but I haven't refused, just said I'd rather not because of the damage potential and the fact that these cannot be duplicated anywhere.

[Mary Ann]

Back on the market. Buyer and I decided that with all the things that were getting in the way of shipping it to him, that we'd cancel the sale.
$7500 plus shipping, for this marvelous Alexander BBb. I prefer you come pick it up one way or another. Although it is well-packed in a box, shrink-wrapped at this point to a pallet.

[York-aholic]

You might want to edit the title of the original post…

@Mary Ann

[the elephant]

You might want to edit the title of the original post…

@Mary Ann

Definitely. Edit your title. I thought it was sold. I am sorry the deal fell through.

[Mary Ann]

Ok, bump. I FINALLY have a shipping quote that is less than $600, from XPO, which includes residential pickup and delivery and removal of the pallet. The tuba is shrink-wrapped to a pallet on saw horses in my garage.

I will simply repeat that this is not some beat up rusty hulk of a tuba but pristine lacquered yellow brass that has no major dents. It plays well, for me appears to have very workable intonation, and I even have a video I made of my very bad contrabass playing on a tuba twice my size, if you want to hear intonation without any slide pulling.

$7500 plus shipping. The shipping is an estimate and I had it calculate from Tucson to Bloomington, Indiana because those were two zip codes I had in my head.

You could do SO much worse. Here are the pictures again:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kbvbvadj ... 0yzs2&dl=0

[martyneilan]

If you're going to own an Alexander contrabass tuba, BBb is the way to go. Just my opinion...

[Mary Ann]

Bump. Someone is going to be in love, when they realize what this is. Pictures are still up, I have a short video demonstrating no-slide-pull intonation with my obvious lack of contrabass expertise (available upon request.)

[bloke]

Were it not that I am ridding myself of debt (as we accumulated some during "covid", and I'm just not accustomed to having any) I would get the car checked over and drive to Arizona - with federal reserve notes - to see if that tuba is something that I could use myself.

[bort2.0]

I wish!

[Mary Ann]

I am tired of having this sit on a pallet in my garage and I will be shipping it to Dillon's to put on consignment. Their consignment fee is 18%. For Dillon's I think I would be asking them to offer it for $8k, and likely they could get it due to the traffic through there. So $8k minus 18% is $6560. Make me an offer I can't refuse. I would have to assume that after all these months that the slides are a bit stuck. They weren't when it was packed, and I am not going to unpack it. Matt at Dillon said that is no problem for them, that they will unstick and lube all prior to sale.
If shipped I will use a trucking company and cost could be in the neighborhood of $500.
There is a mouthpiece in a separate small box in a corner inside the tuba box; it is a Mike Finn 2. It's included. The tuba likes this mouthpiece.

Pictures are still up:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kbvbvadj ... 2&e=1&dl=0

[Billy M.]

Were it not that I am ridding myself of debt (as we accumulated some during "covid", and I'm just not accustomed to having any) I would get the car checked over and drive to Arizona - with federal reserve notes - to see if that tuba is something that I could use myself.

You and me both, Bloke.

[Matt Good]

I would get the car checked over and drive to Arizona - with federal reserve notes - to see if that tuba is something that I could use myself.

I would do the same thing but I would be sleeping in the guest bedroom for months.

[Heavy_Metal]

I would get the car checked over and drive to Arizona - with federal reserve notes - to see if that tuba is something that I could use myself.

I would do the same thing but I would be sleeping in the guest bedroom for months.

Me three, if I didn't already have an Alex.

[the elephant]

I have officially inquired…

[the elephant]

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[bort2.0]

I'll take it.












Lol just kidding, congrats Wade! It's a beautiful tuba!