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Recently, I had been on vacation with a friend and we went to visit her uncle. He had this conn eb tuba sitting on his piano. I played it for him and he decided to give it to me. I took it home, sprayed it off with the hose, oiled the valves, and greased up the slides. It plays pretty darn good, and has a really sweet sound, compared to my Meinl Weston 2141. My question is, what model is this horn? I can't find anything on it, besides it being made around 1911-1914, I'm not sure of anything else about this horn. Any thoughts?

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I'm not positive on dimensions, I'll check when I get home. Definitely looks like one of those monsters. The scale is pretty darn good. The only trouble some note, intonation wise is first ledger line eb, below the staff. I was playing it with an LM6 though, and some generic BBb mouthpiece it came with. When I get home, I'm going to try it with something a little more shallow and see how it like that.

My avatar is a 1914 model that's pretty similar to the one on the right. I've had it about 4 years. It has a very nice tone and projects well. It does have its quirks, but as my lip improves, it gets more "playable".

Does anyone know who would be able to do a like-new restoration for this tuba? It's in such nice condition, I'd love to get it looking even better. The fact that all the hardware is original doesn't hurt either.

Lee Stofer would do a nice job restoring this horn.

Ed Strege at Badger has one all fixed up, has been listed on eBay for quite a spell.