Kruspe tuba

[toobagrowl]

Years ago I played an old Kruspe BBb tuba owned by Dave Mills. It was a 4/4 size, 4-rotor BBb similar to the one here, but had string linkage. The valve section was held together with J-B Weld. Very lightweight tuba with thinwall sheetbrass. It had a rich, dark 'puffy' quality to the sound. Intonation and response seemed good from what I remember -- more 'loosey-goosey'/forgiving than many tubas

The Tuba Exchange also had a 4/4 Kruspe BBb 4-rotor tuba for sale a few years ago.
So, even though they are quite rare, there were more around than some think.

The ebay BIN of $10,000 is way too much to ask for that Kruspe BBb. $2,000 or so seems more reasonable since the TE and Mills Kruspes' went for about that much.

I tend to group Kruspe and Bohland & Fuchs tubas together - many similarities.

[bisontuba]

Vince has two Kruspe BBb tubas in his collection....
Mark

[Tom Coffey]

It says in the ad that it was returned to him.