Advice on smaller horns?

Heavy_Metal · Post by **Heavy_Metal** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:32 pm

This tuba found just the right owner- congratulations!

bigtubby · Post by **bigtubby** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:13 pm

Spent some quality time with the valve transmissions today, the little horn keeps getting better and better.

In taking the transmissions apart I learned that this thing was really hand made: The stanchions are absolutely not interchangable. They fit in the bridge with a double dovetail: a "normal" dovetail to hold them down and a taper end to end so that they will only slide in from one side. It looks as if each dovetail was cut by hand with a file since they each only fit in one place. The other "old tech" detail is that every piece of tubing was made from flat stock, including inner and outer slide legs.

I don't know how useful that is for dating the tuba. The use of old technology can persist long after new technology, in this case machined standardized parts, is in use. It's also possible that Shuster or whoever the actual maker was purchased valves and actions from a supplier. It is well documented that Besson/Boosey did this.

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:02 am

The updates are great please keep them coming with photos please.
The update with the photo of the reverse side is very interesting it shows great details like the bottom bow seam.

bigtubby · Post by **bigtubby** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:09 pm

One of the kind souls over on Horn-U-Copia found an engraving in the 1900 Schuster catalog. He said that it is listed as the "Army" model and was available in BBb and CC. The one in the engraving looks like a CC to me - plus appears to have a 1+3 tuned 4th valve instead of the 2+3 mine came with. Pretty sure that this is the same model though.

If anyone has one in CC I'd love to see it!

Another bit of information indirectly from the Markneukirchen museum: Schuster is listed as a manufacturer "before and after 1900" so the stencils of this name must have come later?

bigtubby · Post by **bigtubby** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:35 pm

sousaphone68 wrote:The updates are great please keep them coming with photos please.
The update with the photo of the reverse side is very interesting it shows great details like the bottom bow seam.

And I thought that I had posted a front view of this little gem here but hadn't. For comparison with the presumed CC catalog engraving:

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