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The York logo was from a different era when labor costs were much lower and most manufacturers had an engraving department doing some elaborate logos. Today, the easiest way to cut costs is to cut the engravings - it's almost a lost art!

A few years ago I took the York logo and made tshirts. Cool shirt but it didn't catch on very good. Thought that might start a trend to get items made from the golden age of engraving - imagine Conn Naked Lady shirts and the old King and Reynolds engraving!

I had a turn of the century Besson that had fanatstic engraving. If it had played in tune.....

I like the prancing antelope on the Hirsbrunner logo. I think the Oakland Raiders logo would also look good engraved on a horn.

-DK

The Hirsbrunner logo is plenty manly if you think about hunting and eating it.

bloke wrote:Buescher

Bloke,

didn't you use to have a Harley Davidson sticker on one of your horns?

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Nice looking horn! Did you play that in quintet at all? Charlie G is still envious of your Harley logo. We even went to a dealership in Meridian to see if we could find a sticker. All we saw were two older salesladies and waaaaay too much cleavage. Judging by the prices on everything else, a tiny sticker would have probably cost over $10.

OBEngravingContent: I prefer a horn with no engraving. Unadorned, raw-brass with a nice patina is my favorite finish.

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Has anyone else had the fleeting idea to engrave a portrait of Mira Sorvino onto a Mirafone tuba?

Can elaborate engravings affect the performance of a tuba bell?

Just a small thought...

Dean wrote:Can elaborate engravings affect the performance of a tuba bell?

Just a small thought...

Can they? Probably yes. Do they in a way that is at all discernable? I would say no. I would offer that the engraving on a bell, even elaborate engraving, has such a small impact on the amount of metal or resonance so as to be imperceptible.

Alexander

bbtubaman wrote:I personally like the old York and Conn Logos engraved on the bells.
Ahat tuba player woulndn't want a naked lady on his bell?

I wouldn't, but a naked guy is acceptable.

MA

Sweet antelope swiss cheese.

Hey Bloke,

What kind of horn was that? (the one that looks like a 6/4)


jeff

My 1940 king recording bass has a nice engraving but nothing to write
home about.It also has "Nashville City Schools"stamped across the back
of the bell at the top.Iwas more comcerned about the the big round
bad spot on the bell front on the starboard side.
I decided to make a five by seven picture of Casey,my only grandson,
blowing my tuba with great energy and I glued it over the bad spot.
It doesn't seem to affect the tone.And the ladies just love it.Little Casey
knows he goes with me every where I play.
Dennis Gray

I agree! King has by far the best logo.

-Dylan King

mandrake wrote: Nah. It's a reindeer. Nice enough, but definitely not the best. Of course I wouldn't purchase a tuba with a naked woman on it either (nor one with an engraving of the same).

Nah, in Europe reindeer only live in nothern Scandinavia, 2000 miles north from Switzerland. Hirsch means deer (the Bambi kind). Hirsbrunner means something like "from the deer spring" i.e. the place near the spring where all the deer come to drink.

Edit: fallen into the trap of literally translating German into Dutch (90% very similar words, while only 40% of those actually have the same meaning....)
Brun(n) is not a regular German word. It possibly stems from a germanic word for source, but could also mean brown, although the word order would be wrong in that case.

The 6/4 Nirschl York copy and the early (1994-ish) 4/4 Nirschl horns have ornate engraving.

Steve Marcus wrote:The 6/4 Nirschl York copy and the early (1994-ish) 4/4 Nirschl horns have ornate engraving.

And a very nice engraving at that.