Pershing's Own tubist

[leedummer]

Probably Nick Wagner.

[Jack Tilbury]

Nick Wagner would be my best guess, too.
I don't remember the horn, though.

[David Zerkel]

If you found it Georgia, then I'm almost sure Nick would have been the owner.

[OldsRecording]

Wow. That used to be my horn back in the early '80's. One of the biggest mistakes I ever made was trading it to Nick Wagener for an oval Mirafone euphonium. I miss that horn.

[OldsRecording]

I actually bought the horn from a used instrument place in Wheaton, Maryland (that probably is no longer extant) called Tanglewood Instruments some time in the Spring of '81. I did have to have the 4th valve piston replated. Prior to me, I don't know anything about its history, although I do remember a "USN" engraving somewhere on the horn.

[Chuck Jackson]

When I was teaching at the Armed Forces School of Music (1986-89) I kept the schools Martin 3+1 EEb in my office to toot on now and then. It was a very nice instrument that was a blast to play the old Theme and Variations solos on. It was stamped with a USN on the bell and I suspect came form a defunct Fleet Band. I have to wonder how many of these were made. They would seem to be Martin's answer to a Boosey instrument, albeit without the compensating valves.


Chuck"a trip down memory lane"Jackson