I'm helping Rex Martin sell a few horns. This is a Sander (not a Sanders) 4 valve CC. It has 2 additional lead pipes that come with it. There is no case or gig bag.
From Rex-
The Sander definitely has a standard 4th valve now, and has had for at least 60 years. I played a tuba once that had belonged to Fred Geib and was at that time owned by Warren Deck, and it had the 2/3 combination for the 4th valve. Therefore this horn, which also belonged to Fred Geib, might have had that at one time, but I don’t know. The tubing looks original to me. I’ve played other Sander/Sanders tubas from tubas made in the 50s and 60s which had our current 4th valve setup, and other CC tubas from the time of this horn also had the current length, but there was no set standard. I think this is original, but don’t know.
This horn was played by Lee Stofer, who had this to say on an old post for the horn
Asking is $4,800 please email me at ac0063100@gmail.com" target="_blank" target="_blank if interested.Postby Lee Stofer » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:09 am
This Sander (not to ever be confused with the cheap stencil tubas sold by Fred Marrich under the bogus name "Sanders") was made in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and probably before WWI. These originally had a 2-3 length 4th valve, and this one has been extended to make it a modern conventional 4th valve. The Conn braces used are a big clue that it has been modified, plus cleaner-looking tubing.
Every Sander that I have seen has been a top-quality instrument of it's time, from the Sander-Kaiserslautern instruments to the Schertzer - Sander tubas from the Munich area, made after WWII. I have not seen any Sander tubas marked as being made in Wolfstein/Pfalz, but Wolfstein is only a few kilometers northwest of Kaiserslautern, so it is the same general area.
I would tend to think that the Sander is worth every penny of the asking price.
Thank you,
Mike Hogg
