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Hi-
Just curious if anyone currently owns Bill Bell's old Cerveny CC tuba. From an old Tubenet post, Art Hovey posted this:

Postby Art Hovey » Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:03 am

"Back in the '30's Bill Bell had a publicity photo of himself holding a Cerveny CC tuba that had a large bell but a rather thin and graceful body. The photo was just inside the cover of one of his method books, and my father had an autographed copy.
In 1966 I played on that tuba, recently overhauled, in Walter Sear's shop in Manhattan. I really liked the tuba, but I just didn't have the $500 that he wanted for it. One week later an unexpected retroactive paycheck arrived in the mail, for about $500. I called Walter immediately and learned that he had just crated it up and shipped it to a buyer in Georgia."

Anyone today know where that horn is? Hopefully, it has survived....

Thanks-
Mark

Bump......heard it might be somewhere in Illinois.....

I seem to remember that Ralph Hepola owned it for a minute; you might want to contact him to see if he knows where it's gone.

IS that a CC? Looks a lot like an Eb or F to me.

jeopardymaster wrote:IS that a CC? Looks a lot like an Eb or F to me.

CC....

Mr. Bell could make any tuba look small.

Good lord, how big was he?

Bumping up an older thread....anyone own it or know of its location?
Mark

Hi-
I have had a couple of people tell me 'they believe' this horn is in Illinois near Chicago. IF that is the case and IF someone on Tubenet owns it, I will be in the Chicago area for a few days this week and would love to see it.
Email me directly at: jonestuba@gmail.com" target="_blank

Many tnx!
Mark

bort wrote:Good lord, how big was he?

Mr. Rose was around 6'4" tall. I am 6'1" and he seemed tall next to me, Even in his 70's and 80's, Mr. Rose was tall.

Bump.....