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Re: Pershing's Own tubist
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:52 am
by leedummer
Probably Nick Wagner.
Re: Pershing's Own tubist
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:15 pm
by Jack Tilbury
Nick Wagner would be my best guess, too.
I don't remember the horn, though.
Re: Pershing's Own tubist
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:22 pm
by David Zerkel
If you found it Georgia, then I'm almost sure Nick would have been the owner.
Re: Pershing's Own tubist
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:16 pm
by 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.
Re: Pershing's Own tubist
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:42 am
by 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.
Re: Pershing's Own tubist
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:22 pm
by 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