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Greetings,

A fellow band director friend of mine contacted me and said that a family donated some instruments from their basement, one of which is a salvation army "Triumph" tuba. I sent him a link to the horn-u-copia website for some info, but I was wondering if anyone here has actually played one.

He said it's dirty and smells bad, but otherwise seems to be in good shape. Here's the link I sent him:

http://www.horn-u-copia.net/show.php?se ... on+Army%22

His is the third one down. Any input on how they play?

Tubajug wrote: He said it's dirty and smells bad, but otherwise seems to be in good shape.

Sounds like quite a few brass players I know...

Brass Bands were important in the work of the Salvation Army:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army_brass_band" target="_blank"

The SA used all types of musical instruments including brass instruments:
http://www.heilsarmeemuseum-basel.ch/E/instruments.php" target="_blank"

The SA also built many of their own instruments through the 1970s:
http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc41.htm" target="_blank"