Tuba Identification

opus37 · Post by **opus37** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:07 am

A friend purchased a used tuba with the V & E brand name. It is a 4/4 size with 4 rotary valves and is pitched in BBb. The horn plays very nice. Does anyone know the manufacturer or anything about this brand?

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:11 am

V&E was a tuba exchange house brand. No idea about who or where they were made.

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:13 am

Vince & Edith?

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:46 am

dmmorris wrote:Vince & Edith?

I know the V was for Vince and the E was for his wife's name which I did not know.

https://simonettitubacollection.com/" target="_blank says that it's "The Vincent and Ethel Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection", so hey now we know.

The original poster should post some pictures. I suspect that the V&E tubas were made in China, but I'm not certain of that.

opus37 · Post by **opus37** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:40 pm

I'll try to send pictures when our band resumes play which will be in a month or so.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:34 pm

Are the current house brand tubas from the same manufacturer?

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