Who made this Tornister BBb?

[imperialbari]

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0662776261

1st slide wrap, main tuning slide, and bell ferrule are different from the model sold by Bob Tucci (which also can be had with a4th valve):

http://www.hornboerse.de/lshop,showdeta ... rni,,,.htm

Klaus

[bisontuba]

Hi-
Just curious if any militaria collectors or tuba collectors actually have a photo of one of the ORIGINAL Tornister Cerveny tubas and/or baritones being used/carried by the military around the turn of the 20th Century (or of a band from that period using this little guys)--just curious--BTW Chewie, you and I need to find one of these pics!

Regards-
mark

[bisontuba]

HI-
Yes, I've seen Phil's Cerveny's, but what I want to see is an actual vintage image of those horns used by the military...
mark

[imperialbari]

I see references to Schmidt of Markneukirchen, who obviously is the source for the one sold by BobTucci:

http://www.hsm-brass.de/tornistentuba/t ... ntuba.html

Still I don’t know who made the one in the actual auction.

Klaus

[Wyvern]

That and the fact that the Tucci model is only seen with 3 valves --- how would things change/look with a fourth valve?

On the German version of the page it does say available with 4 valves.

I find it surprising the weight given of 4.9kg for the one on eBay. That is almost double that of the F mini-tuba for something much the same size.