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Mirafone 56A Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:38 pm
by sugawi
What model/key is this?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1584036136
Unusual placement of 3rd valve tuning slide:
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Re: Mirafone tuba
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:05 pm
by Dan Schultz
I see that the bell garland clearly says "Mirafone". But... there is little else about that horn that speaks "Mirafone". The tops of the rotors aren't engraved and the mounting plates for the thumb ring and harness loops are wrong. The finger paddles also don't look quite right.
The horn is probably an F and might be a hybrid. Perhaps the horn is really a Cerveny/Amati and the back rotor caps and bell came from a Mirafone. ???
EDIT.... yeah.... I should have recognized this as a euph the first time around!
Re: Mirafone tuba
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:12 pm
by bort
That is a tenor tuba... I believe its model 56A.
Re: Mirafone tuba
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:27 pm
by sugawi
bort wrote:That is a tenor tuba... I believe its model 56A.
You're right! Kaiser baritone...
http://www.hornguys.com/euphmir56a.php
Re: Mirafone Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:11 am
by swillafew
It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.
Re: Mirafone Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:47 pm
by sugawi
swillafew wrote:It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.
Some schools have unlimited budget... Though i don't think those were 8k back in 70's.
Re: Mirafone Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:50 pm
by bort
sugawi wrote:swillafew wrote:It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.
Some schools have unlimited budget... Though i don't think those were 8k back in 70's.
I think the point was "was this stolen?" or "is this still owned by the school?"
Re: Mirafone Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:32 pm
by sugawi
bort wrote:sugawi wrote:swillafew wrote:It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.
Some schools have unlimited budget... Though i don't think those were 8k back in 70's.
I think the point was "was this stolen?" or "is this still owned by the school?"
Seller's response:
"We are a pawn shop. Had this on loan. The owner defaulted on the item. I have had it next to my desk for a year not knowing what to do with it. "
Re: Mirafone Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:56 pm
by swillafew
I bought a school horn on Ebay because I wasn't paying attention. The seller had several, must have been the main customer for the school. It doesn't mean anything, but what an unlikely horn for a school to own!
Re: Mirafone 56A Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:36 am
by MartyNeilan
A band directors who was not a low brass geek may have ordered this by mistake many years ago. Particularly before the Internet age, most music teachers were lucky to have a few weeks of tuba and/or euph during their one semester of brass methods and probably knew very little about anything other than a trumpet or trombone. It still amazes me that some schools won't even go near a "french" horn for their instrumental program, either, due to lack of knowledge. Or the "3/4" tubas purchased for 5th graders that are as tall as they are, despite the smaller bore.