What is the best venue to buy/sell corps brass?

jonnyboy

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Your Drum Corps Experience:Crossmen Drumline 4 seasons, Surf Drum Staff 5 seasons.
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Posted April 18, 2013

So, I'm a drummer asking for help. I'm fully functional when it comes to selling on eBay, and I am aware of all the drum forums etc. What I need help with is the special places you guys know of when it comes to trading in brass instruments.

In my specific case I'm looking to help a group sell a "set" of 12 Jupiter marching tubas, bought at the same time three years ago and all in good condition considering three tours.

Is DCP a good site, or eBay, or a corps website? Is it best to get word of mouth going and take calls or to put the instruments online and set up a sales page? I'm also interested in any brass forums that might deal with trading. Also, do you guys want to see videos and lots of pictures, or will a good verbal description with a few pictures work?

Thanks in advance, and of course please pm me if you are interested in the tubas, or helping me sell.