cerveny 641 vs 651?


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Posted by Carlo Stanghellini on November 24, 2003 at 19:59:36:

Hi,
A few months ago I started to play tuba after 20 years of playing
trumpet. I got an old Eb tuba from ebay, and as I found
this change from trumpet to tuba doable (and very enjoyable!),
I'm looking for a new horn. I cannot afford an expensive instrument,
and I found that a Cerveny 641 or 651 has a very
attractive price, especially if I go to Czech
to buy it (I live in Italy). I already saw the comments
on the 641 on this forum but I found little about the
651 which has a different design. So I ask if anybody
had the chance to try both and could tell
what are the differences in performance.
The 651 has a little higher
price so I presume should have some advantages over the
641, isn't it? any advice?
I will play most of the time in a brass band, and
maybe, just for fun, in a tuba quartet with the other tubist
and euph players of my band.

Carlo



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