"Bill Bell And His Tuba"
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I believe it is a King.MartyNeilan wrote:That looks like a 6/4 Martin; I was unaware that Bill Bell played one of those horns.
I have several copies of that album and all make note of Bill Bell playing King "basses." Bell seems to have had a long standing relationship with King, although the tuba in the picture very well could be a Martin.
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It's a Martin, not a King. The story I heard was that when it was time to take the photo for the album cover they wanted a shiny new tuba. Bill called Harvey Phillips and asked him to bring his new Martin to the photo studio. Harvey grabbed that tuba and another one and hopped onto the subway. Perhaps Harvey could clarify or correct me if I am wrong. The album cover does have a note in fine print saying that Mr. Bell plays King tubas.
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Interesting...I've not heard that story before.Art Hovey wrote:It's a Martin, not a King. The story I heard was that when it was time to take the photo for the album cover they wanted a shiny new tuba. Bill called Harvey Phillips and asked him to bring his new Martin to the photo studio. Harvey grabbed that tuba and another one and hopped onto the subway. Perhaps Harvey could clarify or correct me if I am wrong. The album cover does have a note in fine print saying that Mr. Bell plays King tubas.
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Bill Bell and His Tuba
Art Hovey is correct. In looking carefully at the record jacket-- one can see Harvey and Carol Phillips in the reflection of the bell of that Martin tuba. On a related note-- The record jacket was changed because the King company was not pleased with the picture of the Martin tuba. The newer jacket is white in color and features Mr. Bell standing with a King tuba.