How many tubas do you own?

[Rick Denney]

...and if "yes", what's its favorite brand of doggie treat?

BlokeBits.

Rick "whose dog is a Glock" Denney

[hbcrandy]

I own 2 tubas and have one on long-term loan from a friend. The stable consists of the following:

- York Monster Eb Frankentuba with 4, .687" bore piston valves and a fifth rotor. This tuba is my own design.

- York CC Frankentuba with 4, .687" bore piston valves and a fifth rotor. This tuba is designed and cut from a BBb tuba by Bob Rusk, formerly of the Milwuakee Symphony Orchestra.

- Meinl-Weston Bill Bell Model CC tuba with 4 rotory valves. This tuba is on long-term loan.

[Bob Kolada]

1895 small Conn Eb with 3 front valves
Pre-1915 "medium" H.N. White King Eb with 3 front valves and some slide work
Amati 331 3 valve euphonium I've had since eighth grade
Used Schiller/Jin Bao comp euph I bought for a friend
Eb basso on the way!

A few trombones, only one of them really worth it. Pretty much everything but the euphs (mine was a gift years ago from parents, still plays well!) and the incoming horn are for sale.

[peter birch]

my wife believes that actually, my tuba owns me

[tubahero300]

I have a miraphone bruckner, a yamaha YEB 321s, arriving soon jinbao F, and hopefully not too long until i get a jinbao travel tuba

[DavidK]

Down from 9-1/2 to 4

[Bandmaster]

I must have missed this post when it went around the first time in 2004.

My signature lists the horns I own. Only two do I have a large amount of money invested, the Holton and the York-Master. They were are ALL eBay specials, I've been lucky. But technically I have a couple of old fiberglass sousaphones out in the garage that are not playable, so I don't count them.

[Highams]

Updated list that now includes a 1957 3v Martin Sousaphone in gold plate and the brass Hawkes Emperor 4v Cavalry Tuba;

Besson;
4 valve Tenor Horn E flat 1925 s/p
Enharmonic 3 valve Baritone, 1915
Enharmonic 3 valve Euphonium, 1908
Enharmonic 4 valve Euphonium, 1921 s/p
Zephyr 5 valve Euphonium, 1905, brass, valves replated

Boosey & Co;
Solbron 3 valve Euphonium, circa 1911 brass

Boosey & Hawkes;
Imperial 4 valve compensating Euphonium, 1980 frosted s/p x 2

Conn;
3 valve Euphonium (small, baritone), 1933, lacquer (originally s/p, donated by Doug Ruby from the USA)

Courtois;
4 valve Euphonium, circa 1900, brass

F.E. Olds (USA);
2 valve (rotary & piston) marching Baritone in G, 1970’s nickel plated
Ditto horn in E flat

Hawkes & Son;
Dictor semi-compensating 4 valve Euphonium, 1920 silver plate
5 valve Euphonium, circa 1888, s/p
Emperor 4 valve E flat Cavalry Tuba, 1912, brass

Highams;
5 valve Euphonium, 1891, brass
5 valve Euphonium, 1902, Rex Model s/p
4 valve ‘Contesting’ Euphonium, circa 1910 s/p

Gisborne;
4 valve non comp Euphonium s/p

Martin (USA);
E flat Sousaphone, 1958, gold plate

Salvation Army;
Super Triumphonic 4v comp Euphonium, March 1965 s/p
Bandmaster 4 valve Euphonium, May 1947 s/p
Bandmaster 4 valve Euphonium, November 1932 frosted s/p
Triumph 4 valve compact Euphonium, 1915 s/p

Willson;
4 valve compensating Euphonium 2900, March 1992, s/p 'leadpipe conversion'
4 valve compensating Euphonium 2900, December 2004, lacquer

Donor instruments; spares or repairs;
Besson Enharmonic 4v Euphonium, body & 2 valves missing
Ditto 1893 missing 3rd. valve/2nd. slide
Butler of Haymarket 4 valve Euphonium, circa 1900, s/p missing leadpipe
Hawkes Dictor 4v Euphonium, brass

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[jstrother123]

slant rotor Marzan in BBb with both an upright and recording bell.
Miraphone tenor tuba.

[awaters]

3 plus euph

[EdFirth]

Martin Mammoth 4 valve top banger with both bells, Detachable bell 4 valve King with 19 and 22 inch raincatchers and bell front, King 2341 new style, 1901 Conn Eb front action four banger, 1930's King front action three banger, Pre factory fire Martin helicon, and a four valve King front action baritone. I've played them all for income except the Eb King which I just got. Ed

[Frank Ortega]

Let's see, I haven't really made an official list...

Tubas I'm keeping;
1929 BBb 6/4 Martin Mammoth, 4 valves, front action, one piece upright bell, lacquer

1925 BBb 4/4 Martin Renowned, 4 valves, front action, bare brass

1918 CC Conn "Donatelli", 4 valves, front action, silver plate

1920's EEb York Monster, 4 valves, Top Action, lacquer

1935 BBb HN White King Cadet Sousaphone, 3 valves, silver plate

Misc Euro F Helicon, 3 valves, bare brass, w/kranz

2011 Yamaha YFB 621, F-tuba, lacquer


Tubas I'm sellining;
1903 Eb 3/4 JW York and Sons, 3 valve, top action, no guides, $350.00

1915 Eb Conn Professional (Medium), 4 valves, top action, silver, needs work. $1200.00

1953 Eb Pan American (Medium), 3 valves, top action, silver, harvested main slide and lead pipe
$250 or free w/purchase of 1915 Conn Eb.

1915 EEb Conn Giant (aka Donatelli aka Monster), 3 valve, front action, silver, looks great, plays ok.
$1,000.00

1914 BBb 5/4 Conn "Donatelli", 3 valve, front action, lacquer, comes w/original hard case and canvass bag. Looks great, needs valve alignment. $1500.00

1925 BBb 5/4 Pan American, 3 valve, top action, silver, looks worse than it is, plays good. $1,000.00

1918/1924/1936 BBb 6/4 JW York/Holton, 4 valve, top action, silver, EXTRAORDINARY PLAYER!
$4500.00

Whew! Well that's 14 tubas, which is 7 too many! Buy my tubas!

Thank you for your indulgence!

[Tuba-G Bass]

All BBb unless noted.
Rudolf Meinl 5/4 4RV, bought from Custom Music
Schiller Nickel Silver plated 1291 4P 4RV copy, bought almost new from Dillons Music
Conn 24J satin silver, bought from WWBW
Franken Sousaphone, Keefer body in silver, brass lacquer Reynolds valve section, bought from Harv Hartman
M&M Symphony 4RV, selling this horn to a section mate.
Miraphone Contrabass Trombone, bought from WWBW

unused but owned by me....
Besson Stratford, crudely made into a marching horn, off line! got it on ebay.
Boosey & Hawkes Bass Trombone in G, with the handle on the slide,
formally owned by the Bassoon player of the
Bournemouth Sinfonetta
and a Blessing marching Baritone, got it on ebay, played it church once.

[Bob Kolada]

Paul, let's see all those giant tubas together in a picture (with your giant trombone, of course!)!

[Roger Fjeldet]

Long time since I really counted but a lot!!!!
Perhaps 60 - 70 with tubas, euphoniums and trombones
Some examples:
Holton 345 Tuba Bb
Melton 2165 - 6/4 Tuba C
King "Pit" Symphony 4v Tuba Bb
Czerveny "Tornister" Tuba Bb
Besson 981 Tuba Eb
Miraphone "Norwegian star light" Tuba Eb
Ahlberg & Ohlsson 5v Tuba F
Gras (French) Petit C-tuba w/6v
Conn "Jumbo" Sousaphone 3v Bb
Conn "Raincatcher" 3v Bb
Yamaha/Stewart Double Tuba C
OTS 4v Tuba Eb
Czerveny Helicon 4v Bb
Meinl Weston Cimbasso F
Edwards Basstrombone Bb
Ewald Meinl Bass-sackbut Eb
Miraphone Contrabass trombone Bb
Boosey & Hawkes G-basstrombone, medium bore w/valve
Holton "Superbone" Bb
Mahillion 6v Trombone Bb
Conn Double bell Euphonium Bb 5v
Yamaha Custom Euphonium
King Trombonium Bb
and so on.....
Ill try to make a complete list.

All instruments in good playing condition, and used regulary (at work or as a soloist).
No time getting bored

Roger