Tuba/Euphonium

Full Service Cleaning

L=Lacquered S=Silver

3 Piston Baritone: $165 (L) $195 (S)
4 Piston Euphonium:$175 (L) $205 (S)
Compensating Euphonium: $195 (L) $225 (S)
3 Piston Tuba: $235 (L) $295 (S)
4 Piston Tuba: Tuba: (L) $325 (S)
Compensating Tuba: $245 (L) $305 (S)
4 Rotor Piston Tuba: $265 (L) $325 (S)
4 Piston 1 Rotor Tuba: $265 (L) $325 (S)
5 Rotor Tuba: $275 (L) $325 (S)
6 Rotor Tuba: $285 (L) $335 (S)
Sousaphone: $235 (L) $295 (S)

Full Service Cleaning Includes:

• Disassembly of entire instrument

• Ultrasonic cleaning

• Clean, scrub, and polish inside of instrument

• Bright silver dip application to remove any tarnish from silver instruments

• Piston instruments reassembled with new felts & corks with special attention to valve realignment

• Rotary instruments reassembled with new bumpers & strings with special attention to valve realignment

• Water key corks and springs as needed (included with cleaning)

• All silver (and raw brass) instruments are hand-polished as a final step

• Valves oiled and slides greased (I use Ultra-Pure products)

• All instruments given a final play-test

Additional work at shop rate of $100/hour (plus parts if required):

• Dent removal

• Soldering of broken braces

• Replacing broken or worn parts

Replacement valve guides and valve springs are not included and will be replaced as needed for an extra cost.

Uniball Conversion

 Traditional linkage systems can be noisy and inefficient. Many high-end instrument makers have replaced traditional valve linkages with a Uniball design.

I have designed an upgrade to modernize the old traditional linkage system to be faster, smoother, and quieter.

Tuba Uniball Conversion 4 Rotor: $1040 (this includes the complete cleaning service)
Tuba Uniball Conversion 5 Rotor: $1235 (this includes the complete cleaning service)
Tuba Uniball Conversion 6 Rotor: $1430 (this includes the complete cleaning service)