Posted by K on July 10, 2003 at 15:48:06:
In Reply to: pictures of York Eb helicon posted by js on July 10, 2003 at 15:19:04:
Thank you Joe!
Already the one picture in you posting reveals the beauty of your conglomerated instrument. Yet I would have liked to see more pictures, than the "Invalid Item" page presents.
Of course the two of us have different attitudes to instruments, but it still is hard for me to understand, that you want to sell this one. Has its dimensions shrunk, so that you no longer can breathe within the main circle?
For new admirers of this instrument: the conglomerate term comes from the fact, that the body comes from a York Eb sousaphone, the bell comes from a York Eb tuba, and the bell mounting collars plus the one-piece neck-with-bits are homebrews by Joe.
The beauty of the neck is barely recognisable on the photo presented, but I remember its profile from a "side-shot".
Klaus