Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
It does appear to be a B & S 101 'stencil' but most of them I've seen had a garland and engraved rotor housings. The lighting isn't good enough to tell if the outer slide tubes are nickel-silver or brass.
I'll still vote for a B & S 'stencil'... possibly a student variety.
I don't think it's one of the Sanders 'Imperial' tubas that Custom Music used to import because the 'keel' looks genuine German.
Email the seller and ask if the receiver is stamped GDR or Czech.
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Dan Schultz
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.