I believe I may be seeing...

[Dan Schultz]

Dang! What's the valve layout on that thing?

[Bowerybum]

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[windshieldbug]

The second valve is longer than the first? Old system?

Yes.

http://www.historicbrass.org/Portals/0/ ... yKlaus.pdf

[Tom Coffey]

That is a very informative article--thanks for posting it. I have a tuba with the fourth valve set to equal two plus three instead of one plus three. It does not present any problem, because when I play that horn, I seem to remember automatically. It would be interesting to see how long it would take to get used to reversed one and two.

I had the same reaction as Joe to all of that coiled cylidrical tubing--probably converted from CC. If I bought this, I would be tempted to cut that part, possibly setting up two interchangeable slides, one for each key.

[The Big Ben]

That is a very informative article--thanks for posting it. I have a tuba with the fourth valve set to equal two plus three instead of one plus three. It does not present any problem, because when I play that horn, I seem to remember automatically. It would be interesting to see how long it would take to get used to reversed one and two.

+1

I enjoyed it, too. There is a map in the article which shows how many of these 1/2 tone first valve instruments were built in each city in Germany. There were a lot of builders way back when. Wonder how many of these instruments ended up in wartime metal drives?

[bigtubby]

That is a very informative article--thanks for posting it. I have a tuba with the fourth valve set to equal two plus three instead of one plus three. It does not present any problem, because when I play that horn, I seem to remember automatically. It would be interesting to see how long it would take to get used to reversed one and two.

+1

I enjoyed it, too. There is a map in the article which shows how many of these 1/2 tone first valve instruments were built in each city in Germany. There were a lot of builders way back when. Wonder how many of these instruments ended up in wartime metal drives?

I own many pre-WWI instruments and marvel at them for that very reason (the fact that they survive).

[Tom Coffey]

I think that horn is just about certainly Cerveny, based on the wrap, the thumb ring, and the "Graslitz" inscription.