Re: BBb 5th or 6th valve?


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Posted by Dale Phelps on December 15, 1999 at 15:27:13:

In Reply to: BBb 5th or 6th valve? posted by RC on December 14, 1999 at 23:56:23:

You can get Mirafones with a fifth valve, probably even a 6th valve too but that would be more of a special order, and prolly a little extreme for a BBflat budget. I had a friend who bought a GREAT 5-valve 186 BBflat the same time I got my BBflat 184, his was a WONDERFUL horn that I wished I had the money for. They ARE still available from Mirafone (as are the 184 and 185 instruments in BBflat and CC) - it's just that the market in the US is changed since the 70's and early 80's so the dealers are I guess not promoting them here - but ASK a Mirafone dealer like Alan Baer or someone like Dave Fedderly and they may readily go the extra mile to get you a 5-valve BBflat which has had all it's bugs worked out in the 35-40 years of it's design development!


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