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old tuba or baritone
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:30 pm
by dmeacham5
maybe someone would want to restore it
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Four-Va ... 43b7aeb428" target="_blank
Re: old tuba or baritone
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:49 pm
by TubadudeCA
Looks like an Eb tuba. Pre-1900 judging by where it was made (Worcester, Mass.) The Rot in the bottom bow is the only thing that worries me. I wonder how much plating is left on the valves?
Re: old tuba or baritone
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:10 pm
by Lew
It does look a little small even for an Eb tuba, but with a 13" bell it could be. A more interesting Eb tuba to me is this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-SO ... 4d08a4d5f7" target="_blank" target="_blank
Even with only 3 valves this could be turned into something very interesting.
Re: old tuba or baritone
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:53 pm
by EdFirth
I own one of these. Mine is in laquer and seems to have seen limited use. It plays Really well. It is also high pitch and we lengthened the main and fourth slides which put it at pitch. I've seen others with a "W" main slide which was probably the Low Pitch slide.It puts out a surprising amount of sound. If anyone out there has one of those W slides they're willing to part with please shoot me a PM. If the valves aren't shot (mine are in great shape) someone will get a wonderful horn. Ed