Posted by js on April 20, 2003 at 16:42:58:
In Reply to: Re: St. Petersburg? Poor Tuba Player HERE posted by Luv my St. Pete on April 20, 2003 at 09:22:35:
They're really acceptable-quality tubas. You must really like yours, with a picture-click-link to the exclusive U.S. dealer right below your own picture. (Nice brass quintet website, btw!) What model is the 5-valve tuba you're posing with in the quintet picture?
It would be nice if the manufacturer hadn't agreed to an "exclusive" with one U.S. store. As http://www.tuba.com is quoting U.S.D. $2775 (euro equivalent, with a very poor rate of exchange - for the time being - against the $ and in favor of the € ), I could only presume that with a bunch of U.S. outlets stocking these tubas (assuming production capability) the price in the U.S. (even with shipping expenses - as container loads bring shipping costs w-a-y down) would be more in line with the instument's value.