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Re: Very old instrument with Pumpen valves.........
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:16 am
by Dan Schultz
Hmmm... about 38" long with a 11.4" bell. Kurt, do you reckon this is an Eb or F tuba? Too big for a tenor horn?
Might be fun to mess with. Do you know the seller?
Re: Very old instrument with Pumpen valves.........
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:50 pm
by Dan Schultz
Belltrouble wrote:No idea ,Dan!
Wether about the seller nor the pitch,the only thing I´m sure about is that it is no York C...............
regarding the age and the valves,which pitch is more likely?
Question to the specialists I assume
Kurt
More along the lines of a wild a**ed guess... I would say that since the seller says the overall length is 97cm... taking a multiple into consideration for the number of turns and configuration of the main bugle..... perhaps 14 or so feet.... it's probably an Eb tuba.
Re: Very old instrument with Pumpen valves.........
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:35 pm
by Tubman
What ever it is, it's looks pretty awesome as far as antique tubas go...I've never seen those particular valves before.
Re: Very old instrument with Pumpen valves.........
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:44 pm
by windshieldbug
It must be very interesting to play with that modied mouthpipe... I'm guessing a military High Pitch horn that was converted down to low!
Re: Very old instrument with Pumpen valves.........
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:36 pm
by J.c. Sherman
Those aren't "pumpen" valves - they're Vienna twin-piston valves
J.c.