Re: Miraphone 189 and 190


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Posted by Charlie Krause on October 09, 2001 at 20:28:57:

In Reply to: Miraphone 189 and 190 posted by Tom B. on October 09, 2001 at 16:40:59:

The 190 looks like a 186 except tall, wide and huge. If you were to put it up against the 186 it would look like its bigger brother. We had one at the Brasswind for a long time and it just did not sell that well in the U.S. It is more of a German Orchestral tuba.

The 189 is a totally different tuba than the 190. The only likeness is the bore size and the 189 is .800 on the first 3 valves and .830 on the 4th. It has angled valves and a completely different leadpipe which is alot smaller on the 189.
The 189 is alot like the Marzan, alot but not that much but some of the same ideas.

Hope this helps.


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