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Im guessing theres a #1,2,3,4,5,6, ....and maybe more. Thats all I can say.

XtremeEuph wrote:Im guessing theres a #1,2,3,4,5,6, ....and maybe more. Thats all I can say.

WOW! That has to be one of the most informed guesses I have EVER seen!!!

Ralph

Golly, does that mean there are Bach 1,2,3...34 tuba mouthpieces also?

harold wrote:Great - now that we have established that, does anyone have any real info or should we just proceed to pictures of food?

When in doubt, go for the food!

I have a #8 Maestro Model that was painted red at some point.
Are these worth anything?

Since Brua Keefer was a buisnessman who took over from Henry Distin, my guess that the numbers have their origin in Great Britain, and tended to the small side during the mid/latter 19th century. As the basses got bigger and branched out from Eb to BBb, my guess is that the smaller numbers, if they ever existed, fell by the wayside.

Heny came stateside, and moved from New York to Philadelphia to Williamsport. When Henry expired, and Brua took over, I would imagine that, for the most part, they left the monster sizes where they were, they just became more common, as did the "monster" bases.

Anything Keefer is from 1909 - 1941.

Ok, IM finished now as you can see..