American Horns? Getzen, King, Conn, Holton...

USStuba04 · Post by **USStuba04** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:20 pm

so me and some other tuba guys have been talking a lot about american horns....

and we were wonderin' who owns what out there...

which of these do any of you own or want to own..

getzen / canadian brass g / cb 50..

newer king 2341...

conn 52j, 54j, 56j,

and

holtons new and older

Doug@GT · Post by **Doug@GT** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:46 pm

Own a Getzen CB50. Great horn. Nearly perfect. I use it in quintet and Symphonic band and it works great in both.

Played a new King 2341. Didn't care for it, personally. It was loud, though.

LazyBlueTuba · Post by **LazyBlueTuba** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:56 pm

Conn 52J here. Had it for three years and I am still in love with it. But, I will love it even more once Matt W. up in Jersey can get his hands on it. Only wish I could have gotten the satin brass or satin silver. But, it is a great horn none the less. Works well in quintet, quartet and in large ensembles with the right mouthpieces.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:22 pm

bloke wrote:Was the Getzen really an "American" tuba, or more "American" in the way that a Geo Prizm is "American"?

Good point.

All of the components were made by Meinl Weston/ VMI/ B&S/ Whatever Else

USStuba04 · Post by **USStuba04** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:37 pm

i agree... but...it was a copy of a 3/4 york...

so does that mean the york is not american...and what about all the other copies of yorks out there that are made by german companies...are they american???

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon May 16, 2005 9:57 pm

What about the Kanstul tubas? Made in the USA.

...and there's always the Weril, American, just South American.

Z-Tuba Dude · Post by **Z-Tuba Dude** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:08 pm

USStuba04 wrote:i agree... but...it was a copy of a 3/4 york...

so does that mean the york is not american...and what about all the other copies of yorks out there that are made by german companies...are they american???

Well, they are American, in concept, at least....

tubamirum · Post by **tubamirum** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:10 pm

I haven't seen a new Holton tuba, but the trumpets and french horns are Yamaha with a Holton logo. Does that mean they are "American"?

clintontuba2 · Post by **clintontuba2** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:19 pm

newer King 2341 here, love it.......had to have the valves lathed a year ago.....but amazingly consistant since. the least stuffy horn i've ever played, solid low and high. bought it from David Fedderly at Baltimore Brass, would highly reccomend them.

TubaSteve · Post by **TubaSteve** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:08 pm

I have an two Reynolds Contempora Sousaphones, and an Olds euphonium. All are US made. I have a "Bandeal" Eb tennor that is from Elkheart IN. I have one non-US horn that I had never heard of, a "Lyons Monarch", made in "Western Germany". Anyone ever heard of that one.
Steve

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:11 pm

I have a newer King 2341, that is still one of my favorites. Easy playing from top to bottom. I have an old Bill Bell model King that I just picked up. Another great playing horn. I am waiting for my Conn 28K (4 valve Eb sousaphone), but have a King 1250 sousaphone from the 1930s.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:18 pm

Hmmm.... King, Conn, Holton, Martin, et al = Conn/Selmer (Steinway). What difference does it make these days.

punk_tuba · Post by **punk_tuba** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:27 pm

i have a newer king 2341 .............i must say.........it has a great american sound.

although i'm embarrased by our president........that horn makes me proud to be american

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:33 pm

punk_tuba wrote:i have a newer king 2341 .............i must say.........it has a great american sound.

although i'm embarrased by our president........that horn makes me proud to be american

Why get political?

Would you vote for an idiot like Michael Moore?

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:32 am

TubaTinker wrote:
punk_tuba wrote:i have a newer king 2341 .............i must say.........it has a great american sound.

although i'm embarrased by our president........that horn makes me proud to be american
Why get political? Would you vote for an idiot like Michael Moore?

Was he running? I must have missed it.