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Uhh...

 
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Joe, you lucky devil!

You've stumbled on a rare Moosendorfer tuba, made by Enrico Moosendorfer und Sohn somewhere around 1893. The factory was located in Unter-der-Pilz in what was the Schwartzwald region of the Black Forest. When old Enrico died from a bizarre shop accident involving a horse and some liederkranz cheese, legend has it that his two sons, Siegfried and Seamus, had him stuffed and mounted.
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Some notes on maintenance are in order:

Enrico used nothing but the finest strudel for his valve casings, so they tend to be quite delicate and must be lubricated only with clear bratwurst drippings. Use authentic schmierkäse on the tuning slides.

It's a good idea to periodically dump a gallon of sauerkraut juice down the leadpipe to keep the horn free of calcium deposits. Rinse with a gallon of fine pilsner and polish with an old pair of lederhosen.

Most Moosendorfers were made in the key of oom, but there were a few produced in pah, used mostly to play afterbeats.
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Post by Arthur plays tuba »

Where, and how much do you get it? :lol:

So lucky!!
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bloke wrote: ...so I take that as an "uhh". :roll:
Well, a maybe. It seems to me that I've seen a few oval baritones and at least one tuba with a shield shaped nameplate tacked onto the bell. Old Bohemian stuff, if memory serves...
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Post by Lee Stofer »

Bloke,
I have a pair of Cerveny tubas here, one a 1894 BBb, and the other a 1894 Eb, that both sport the shield-like flanges for the strap rings.
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Post by Daniel C. Oberloh »

If it is un-marked then odds are good it was built by Bohland and Fuchs (Graslitz, Bohemia) one of the largest manufacturers in Europe prior to the secound world war. I have a small rotary Eb with the same flanges. They built import instruments for many well known distributors in the US like J.W. Pepper, Jenkins, Wrlitzer and others. Many of there piston horns are marked on the secound valve casing with a small anchor some are also marked with B&F. Fun history stuff! :)


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