Winding

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:53 am

I would say it was made for military band players who took the time to learn this kind of horn, and didn't want to relearn...

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:26 pm

Isn't this a Moritz, or Moritz-inspired tuba, similar to the two known originals: one in Edinburgh, and the other at Rugs-N-Relics?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:45 pm

sbring wrote:What are they?

[url=http://www.rugs-n-relics.com/brass-phil ... -tuba.html]"A patent (Prussia #9121) was issued to Moritz and Wieprecht in 1835 for a 5 valve bass tuba in the key of F. Moritz died in 1835 and was succeeded by his son Carl Wilhelm Moritz. Carl received a Court appointment in 1840 as "Koniglicher Hofinstrumentenmacherâ€

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:44 am

sbring wrote:I don't understand the description of valve lengths given on the site. Can anyone enlighten me?

Sven

My guess:

Your Helicon------modern F tuba
_________same as____________

open-------------open
first--------------first
second-----------second
third-------------not mentioned, but looks like one and two
fourth------------not mentioned, but looks like a flat second
fifth--------------first and third, or (if you have one) just fourth

You might want to ask Phil (who has that site)