Craigslist tuba questions!

[larkinthemorning]

And today I saw this. Same horn. But the maker is listed as B&S.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GERMAN-BBb-BRAS ... 3a8970985c" target="_blank

[Heavy_Metal]

That's true of both yours and the Giardinelli. B&S is located in Markneukirchen, in the former East Germany, so in those days they had to jump thru some hoops to get their tubas to the States. So they would put a name on them other than B&S. These are known as "stencil" names, and AFAIK each importer had their own stencil name.

This thread has the list of the ones we know of so far:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=53607" target="_blank" target="_blank

and here's some more info on B&S itself:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=43102&hilit=cold+war+tubas" target="_blank