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King Tuba/Euph Finger Button

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:33 pm
by largobone
I found an old finger button in the case of a horn I bought a while back, and I'm not quite sure what it goes to. It's in good shape, no chips or cracks in the mother of pearl and the threads look fine. There's no corks or felts to go with it.

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I've done a little research and found some tubas with similar-looking finger buttons, but this list may be incomplete. Please let me know if you can confirm or deny any of these, or if you know for certain what horn this might go to.

Conn 10J
King 1140, 2370, 1280?, 1260/61
Martin Mammoth
Reynolds?

EDIT: It seems to be from an older King tuba, possibly the old-style 2340/41 and 1240/41, and maybe Olds and Reynolds sousaphones as well. Let me know if you need a replacement finger button for one of these horns!

EDIT 2: It also fits King Euphoniums! I tried it on a 2280 today and it fit like a charm.

$5 + shipping and it's yours, with a refund if it ends up not fitting
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Re: Tuba Finger Button (Conn?)

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:08 pm
by roweenie
Looks like a King button to me, like the ones on the old 2340/1.

Re: Tuba Finger Button (Conn?)

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:29 am
by fenne1ca
Reminds me strongly of the finger buttons from my old Gnagey, which was a King 2341 valve section. 1980's, I believe.

Re: Tuba Finger Button (Conn?)

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:49 am
by Dan Schultz
roweenie wrote:Looks like a King button to me, like the ones on the old 2340/1.
Without question. It's a King. That style was used on many pre-1980 1240/41, 2340/41 tubas and also sousaphones.

Re: Tuba Finger Button (Conn?)

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:44 pm
by largobone
That's what I've been hearing from one of the tuba-selling Facebook pages as well. I'll edit the post.

Re: King Tuba/Euph Finger Button

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:24 pm
by largobone
Bump for updated info

Re: King Tuba/Euph Finger Button

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:37 pm
by largobone
Bump