Germany made Stencil or Chinese made tuba

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sactubaguy59
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Germany made Stencil or Chinese made tuba

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This is engraved on the bell of a Bb valve rotary tuba;

Schiller Frankfurt Germany

Is it a stencil made in Germany or a Chinese made tuba?

It looks like a Miraphone 186.

Thanks in advance for your help.
2005 Miraphone 186
2006 Miraphone #282
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Schiller Frankfurt is a Chinese fantasy name. It triggers some imagination of German heritage, but the great poet Friedrich Schiller has no connections to Frankfurt, it was J.W. Goethe who was born there :roll:
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RUN! It was made by JinBao and imported by the worst retailer on the face of The Earth!
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