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Postby TubadudeCA » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:37 am

Hey all,

I have an Alexander Kaiser BBb 164. Anybody have any idea how to find the date on one of these horns? no serial number to speak of, and no Garland on the bell either.

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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby TubaTinker » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:24 am

Probably your best resource will be someone like Klaus who is familiar with European instruments. Lots of pictures will help... especially things like linkage detail, braces, ferrules, and such.
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby TubaRay » Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:28 am

Whew! When I first read the topic, I thought you talking about "going out with" or "courting" your tuba. OK. After I recently saw the story of the female teacher who married herself, one never knows anymore.
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby tbn.al » Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:44 am

TubaRay wrote:Whew! When I first read the topic, I thought you talking about "going out with" or "courting" your tuba. OK. After I recently saw the story of the female teacher who married herself, one never knows anymore.


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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby Ben » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:07 pm

Contact Caspar Kerkof at Alexander directly. He is very friendly and will contact the "old workers" who can give you rough dates based on the features of your horn. He has helped me bracket two of the Alex tubas I own, and given me additional history which confirmed stories from the seller.
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby Neptune » Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:09 pm

TubaRay wrote:Whew! When I first read the topic, I thought you talking about "going out with" or "courting" your tuba. OK. After I recently saw the story of the female teacher who married herself, one never knows anymore.

Strange, i thought the same thing! :shock: :lol:
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby goodgigs » Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:51 pm

Hell I'll go out with her !
I'll even kiss her on the mouthpiece !
DON'T TELL HER DAD ! :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby GC » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:55 pm

What, no eHarmony jokes?
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby bloke » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:01 pm

They're mammals, but I don't even believe they would make good pets, much less interesting dates.
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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby imperialbari » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:04 pm

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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby imperialbari » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:07 pm

Probably will take in-house experts from Alexander to date this tuba with any degree of precision.

But even they will need photos of a much higher resolution to see details that will give away a year or even a decade.

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Re: Dating my BAT

Postby KiltieTuba » Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:14 pm

imperialbari wrote:
Something has been completely misunderstood!.jpg


One of the students in the 2011-2012 BIRT program at RTC was friends with the guy in this picture...
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