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TubaJoe92 wrote:If any one out there has some conn 36j or 26j pictures or info please post i am loking into tubas.

36J

jacojdm wrote:

TubaJoe92 wrote:If any one out there has some conn 36j or 26j pictures or info please post i am loking into tubas.

36J

That's a weird horn. The bell is pointing at the player, not the audience. I bet they didn't sell too many of them.

The Big Ben wrote:

jacojdm wrote:

TubaJoe92 wrote:If any one out there has some conn 36j or 26j pictures or info please post i am loking into tubas.

36J

That's a weird horn. The bell is pointing at the player, not the audience. I bet they didn't sell too many of them.

I think it's one of those civil war marching type tubas (like the over the shoulder horns).

I think they just drew the horn in that manner in order to display the nice work on the back of the bell.

TubaRay wrote:I think they just drew the horn in that manner in order to display the nice work on the back of the bell.

You're no fun...

TubaRay wrote:I think they just drew the horn in that manner in order to display the nice work on the back of the bell.

Do you suppose?

Rick "who learns something new every day" Denney

TubaJoe92 wrote:If any one out there has some conn 36j or 26j pictures or info please post i am loking into tubas.

The 36J pictured is not the only 36J Conn has ever made. There was also a fixed upright bell version that was named the "Orchestra Grand Bass", as opposed to the "Deluxe Recording Bass" that was linked here. The linked picture is from the 1934 catalog, but Don Stauffer pictures an Orchestra Grand Bass that may be older, from the time before the recording bells were so popular.

As I recall the numbering scheme, the 26J was a front-action tuba of similar design to the 36J with four short-action valves. The 22J was also front action with short-action valves, but only had three. The 20J, 21J, 24J, and 25J had various numbers of valves and bell configurations, but were all short action with a top-action arrangement. A picture of a 26J might not look noticeably different than a 36J, unless you could see the offset valve buttons.

Rick "whose memory is a bit fuzzy on these numbering schemes" Denney

Conn bass instruments’ catalogue from December 1934. Thanks to the generosity of Rob Perelli-Minetti the York Master BBb Public Photos project can present scans of a December 1934 Conn bass instruments brochure. 14 pages in B/W (1590K):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMaste ... ochure.pdf

Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre

tubashaman wrote:the bell is backwards so the tuba player doesnt play too loud in orchestra!

I guess I should have figured this out myself. Sometimes the most obvious answer gets overlooked. I'll try to do better next time.