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Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:36 pm
by Three Valves
I’d like to answer but I think you are from the Government and trying to confiscate them.
No one needs a tuba that is that big!!
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:05 pm
by tbonesullivan
One of these days I will finish saving up for my "Secret Siegfried" that I keep in the front hallway to bludgeon people into submission with its sheer glory.
Though, both the Siegfried and the the 497 Hagen are only just about 40 inches tall, so I guess they don't count?
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:01 pm
by bort
Pictures, or it didn't happen.
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:36 pm
by Patrase
With a minimum height of 45 Inches the Fafner and the one Rudy 5/4 I have seen are ruled out too.
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:58 am
by tbonesullivan
Patrase wrote:With a minimum height of 45 Inches the Fafner and the one Rudy 5/4 I have seen are ruled out too.
I don't think the Miraphone 190s were that tall either. Just shy, at like 43.5 inches. The "big boys" produced these days seem to have bells that don't protrude nearly as far from the top. I think the MW 197 is 44.9 inches.
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:37 am
by oedipoes
I have my old B&F kaiser.
Fits all those specs if I remember well:
400mm bell (thanks for the correction), 21.5mm bore (21.2 originally, but gets a new valve set) and >1150mm tall
Currently being restored by Jake @ The Berliner Tuba, you can follow the restoration on his blog:
https://brassandpipes.wordpress.com/201 ... er-b-tuba/
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Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:02 pm
by MN_TimTuba
Well, THAT's a beauty!
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:07 pm
by MN_TimTuba
Three Valves wrote:I’d like to answer but I think you are from the Government and trying to confiscate them.
No one needs a tuba that is that big!!
They're only taking the scary black plastic ones.
For now.
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:22 am
by Donn
extracted from the flickr brain damage:
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:22 am
by bort
Those are some very, very tall tubas!
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:17 am
by tbonesullivan
Maybe "clockwork springs" are needed for a TRUE Kaiser tuba. It's just not the same without them.
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:10 pm
by edsel585960
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UhxofseZLkNkCuLd9" target="_blank" My old Schediwy BBb. Mid 30's German horn.
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:35 pm
by bort
Here is an original kaiser. Not mine. Could be yours for the $:
https://www.hornboerse.de/en/original-k ... -used.html
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:45 pm
by marccromme
oedipoes wrote:I have my old B&F kaiser.
Fits all those specs if I remember well.
40mm bell, large bore and >1100mm tall
40mm bell ??? only twice the bore size ??? what a handy tuba!
Re: POLL: Deutsche kaiser contrabass B tuba club
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:26 am
by oedipoes
marccromme wrote:oedipoes wrote:I have my old B&F kaiser.
Fits all those specs if I remember well.
40mm bell, large bore and >1100mm tall
40mm bell ??? only twice the bore size ??? what a handy tuba!
oooooooops ...
I have updated the original post, and added a picture.