I "won" an auction for one of those Single Bb Chinese horns for EUR0.99 and the shipping/insurance costs were EUR135. However, going into this transaction that is exactly what I expected. My wife told me at the time she couldn't believe I paid $200 to ship something I paid a buck for. But I look at it differently - I paid $200 for a horn.
Having said that, I haven't much time to mess around with it. It has cork on the rotors (Bob, I still haven't replaced it). It has a screw bell, but I had to put some anhydrous lanolin on it to get it on. They do need some work, but for about $200 I thought it was a modest investment. At least I have something to play around with and leave any work on my 8D to the guys up at Osmun. Regards, Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prof.Hans Pizka Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 5:13 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re:Tuckwell's Paxman / Prof. G.'s tuben The horn you are asking for, is really remade by Chinese & sold via Ebay quite cheap. It works very nicely, has even the high a & the double high bb, as you requested. But be aware about the shipping costs. Say, if you get it on Ebay for - they start with 0.99 $ on the item - if you lucky, for 0.99 $ or 1:50 $ if you have a co-bidder, they will charge you 658.99 $ US for shipping it to your address via EMS delivery within 48 hours after they receive the payment. And believe it or not, they accept Paypal since a few months. You will get the horn, but be aware, custom will give you much headache, not because of the tax - there is no tax at all, except for the state where the Prof.Gestopftmitscheisst has his residence - but because of the material. All made of brass is suspect for the Big Brass, as it could be transformed into a WMD & be a big thread for the country therefore & because of its acoustical impact if it is in the wrong hands. And the "tuben" ??? I think it is right time now for you, dear colleague professor, to get some "tuben cleaner" for all the tubes of yourself, I mean it right as said for your "personal tuben", wherever you might locate them in your body (ear tuben, water tuben, garbage tuben, etc.). I would not let you play any more without cleaning your tuben before, specially the "osmo-tic" tuben. Take care. ============================================================ ================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 4:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Re:Tuckwell's Paxman / Prof. G.'s tuben For the record, the Paxman in question here was an F alto-Bb soprano double horn. Paxman made the one for BT to use on the Zelenka recordings with Bobby Routch on 2nd. He did return the horn after the sessions. I don't know if the "Don't want it, won't buy it" story is true but he told me that it was good for that repertoire. Paxman's Bb-Bbsoprano model has been in their catalogue for many years and I have known some good players who own(ed) them including Bobby Routch, Herb Winslow and Chuck Kavalovski. Alexander had an F alto-Bb soprano full double in their catalogue for a while but I never saw one "in the brass." _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/joescarpelli%40earthlink.net _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
