Has the company ever stated the possibility of developing such a model? Just have heard such things about the tenors.

There's at least one out there already.

Steve built one for a player in Vermont. That first one was essentially an assembly job - buying quality parts to his specification and putting together an instrument with Caidex valves. It plays extremely well.

He is now tooling up to build more basses with his own valves and parts made specifically for him. I'm not sure the timeline, but he said there was a possibility of having something I could try for him this summer.