Anyone ever heard of "Bohmann?"

[Mitch]

Has anyone here ever heard of/come across a tuba with the name "L. Bohmann Chicago" on it?

I recently came across a little Eb horn, silver plated, which (by the look of the valve buttons, wrap, bell shape) I would guess to be from about 1890-1900. A little engraving around the name, nothing fancy, and generic enough that when you add the stamped appearance of the letters in "L. Bohmann Chicago," I would assume it's some sort of stencil horn, perhaps.

Anyone know anything about these?

(Sorry, didn't think to take a picture at the time.)

[imperialbari]

I hadn’t heard of this company until now. The second entry on the catalogue page linked to below here tells a very short story about the first Bohmann in Chicago:

http://www.vintage-instruments.com/navigate/catidx2.htm