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Name that tuba
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:31 am
by Michael Bush
Can anyone identify this older 3/4 tuba? It has no brand markings. That L shaped 3rd valve tuning slide has my curiosity up.
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Re: Name that tuba
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:27 am
by David Richoux
Just a guess that the 3rd slide "elbow" was a quick fix to bring the horn into Low Pitch without having the section protrude past the main bow. Do the other slides have some sort of extensions that might look slightly different from the original tubing? (It is hard to tell from the picture at that scale.)
Re: Name that tuba
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:35 am
by Michael Bush
It's not my horn, all I know about it is what's in the picture, unfortunately.
Re: Name that tuba
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:05 pm
by tclements
Bob?
Re: Name that tuba
Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:07 pm
by Dan Schultz
talleyrand wrote:Can anyone identify this older 3/4 tuba? It has no brand markings. ....
Eastern European.... probably Czech. The give-away is the receiver mount and the convex ferrules. Could be early Amati. Take a close look at the receiver and see if it's stamped 'Made in Czech.....'. As one poster already noted.... this horn was probably originally produced for the high-pitch European market and modified for the 'rest of The World'.
Age? who knows! Could be 50-ish or earlier.