lyon healy tuba

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:47 am

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that's much better thanks windshieldbug!

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:14 am

I purchased it as is from a Mr. Federly(?) who spent far more money than I could have afforded to pay for it in it's restoration(don't ask me why he sold it for what he did) this is just one of many projects that I know he lost money on simply for his love of the instrument(he has since passed). And yes it plays and is the most amazing instrument that I have ever had the pleasure of playing. It has been converted from top action to front by Mr. Wayne Tanabe(?) from whom I have been told that it is likely a York sold under the name of Lyon Healy. He used a Hirschbrunner valve set. Thank you for asking. Sorry the pic is so big but I dont know what I am doing!

Daniel C. Oberloh · Post by **Daniel C. Oberloh** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:37 am

Nice looking horn. From the bracing socket flange pattern and the fact it is a L&H, The instrument was originally built by the Martin Band Instrument company.

Daniel C. Oberloh
Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works
www.oberloh.com

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:42 am

thanks for your reply Mr. Oberloh I have been meaning to look you up for a restoration on my F and a few things that need to be maintained on the big boy(only been in the area for about 6 months)...glad to be in your area I've seen and heard of your work and can't wait to meet you in person!

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:59 am

Yes....and I don't know I've never tried but I suppose it's possible.

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:15 pm

I am glad it ended up with someone that loves it. I had a lot of hours in that one.

me too, but mine have mostly been practicing on it. You certainly do fantastic work and I appreciate the knowledge of it's past and restoration. I spoke with Dale Hale concerning his horn just after he had sold it, which from his discription sounds pretty similar if not the same, also spoke with Mr. Tanabe(?) but did not know whom had done the work. Again thank you and yes I certainly do love it...great horn!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:15 pm

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:27 pm

thanks for that how'd you do it?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:36 pm

I'd go into some BS about the magic of the 'net,

but it works out to putting this

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into your post. You can still use the edit button on your original post, it will give you what you had in there inside a regular post window, and you can change what you had, if you want. An image that big is hard for anyone to see all of at once, even if they have broadband. A dial-up is death on this...

This is in a form of net code the BBS understands, and it also tells it how big to make the image.

Nice horn, by the way!

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:34 pm

thanks on both counts bug!

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:13 am

Ian Robinson wrote:This horn was the last project I did before leaving the Brass Bow. Mr. Feggley was one of our best customers, a true gentleman, and lover of all Bb horns. (He also had a 6/4 Nirschl based on the York, a 4/4 Nirschl, and several Rotary Bbs) The horn had been used as a decoration in a restaurant. It was very dented and had 4 holes drilled in the bell for hanging from the ceiling. By the time we got it the holes were teardrop shaped from the weight of hanging it.

I shaped brass plugs to match the holes, brazed them in, and then matched the contour of the bell exactly with a file, sandpaper, and buffing.

The horn turned out to play quite well. The main tuning slide has the extra length to make up for the shorter front action after the conversion. The lead pipe was made by Kevin Powers to my measurements.

I finished final buffing and sent it to Anderson for silver plating my last day. It is nice to see pictures of it plated.

I am 99.99% sure this was a stencil made by York. The bell is virtually identical to one of the CSO York bells. It is not the larger diameter 6/4 York Bb bell that typically gets cut down to 20 inches. If I remember correctly the bottom bow was also very close but the rest of the branches were longer with more gradual taper; as to be expected in a Bb.

I am glad it ended up with someone that loves it. I had a lot of hours in that one.

Ian,

Can you fill us in on what the status is at the Brass Bow these days?
Has Wayne sold it? Has the quality of the work changed?

Thx!

EQueg · Post by **EQueg** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:46 am

Wow Bob thats awsesome thanks. The stencil while not completly visable seems very similar to mine and the inscription as stated in the post, "Own Make", is identical. The major difference to my knowledge from the one pictured is that mine was top action though someone referenced one further down in the post that apparantly was also top action and I know that Dale Hale's was also. He(Dale) had indicated knowledge of only around 6 of these horns around this was in or around 2000 and the post is after that date so maybe there are more that are just waiting to be found. I'd love to play one with the original valves just to see how they differ. Thanks again that was a treat!!
Eric

Paul Scott · Post by **Paul Scott** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:15 pm

The stencil in Bob's post looks to be a Martin design. The valve placement, wrap, etc. all look very similar to my 6/4 BBb Martin.

Bandmaster · Post by **Bandmaster** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:14 pm

Bob1062 wrote:viewtopic.php?t=9299

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Yep, fellow TubeNetter MIke Lynch bought this tuba from my community band. He said he is planning to have it restored, by Lee Stofer if I remember correctly.

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