July 2007 issue of HORN dorn!

Daniel C. Oberloh · Post by **Daniel C. Oberloh** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:37 pm

Man, you guys are so easy.

Its been a while since the last installment of HP so here you go.

Recently completed, restoration project with custom reconfiguration. This is/was a 1930s York Band Instrument Co. 4/4+ BBb tuba. It started out in life as a three top-action model 700 and now.... Well....uhhh. Here you go.

Obviously such projects take a good deal of time and equipment to do properly. In order to make it look as stock as possible, I had to fabricate a lot of parts (i.e. braces, branches, mouth-pipe, etc.) from scratch. Mind you, there is no such original York that was made in this exact configuration. I used images of the Yorks that were the property of Mr. Jacobs and the HB-2P to model this horns overall look. Plays very well and still has that great York sound. The new valves are also pretty nice.

Hope you all find this of interest.

NEXT!!!

Daniel C. Oberloh
Repair Technician to the stars (Floyd and Emma Star of Black Diamond WA)

Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works
Seattle, WA
206.241.5767
www.oberloh.com

Chadtuba · Post by **Chadtuba** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:46 pm

Absolutely beautiful!

druby · Post by **druby** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:46 pm

Drool....slobber...pant, pant....

Tubanese · Post by **Tubanese** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:54 pm

nice and beautiful.... i have played one that looks just like that and it was made by Marzan. Congratulation!

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:16 pm

harold wrote:The round marks on the stack are a reflection from the light.

Thumbring shadows?

Very nice work -- BEE-YEW-TEE-FULL!

Thanks for sharing!

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:44 am

That came out very nice! Good work, Dan!

Jeff "Saw it half way done" Benedict

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:08 am

Is that a VMI valveset? Looks like around 10-14k worth of tuba....

Daniel C. Oberloh · Post by **Daniel C. Oberloh** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:55 am

MikeMason wrote:Is that a VMI valveset? Looks like around 10-14k worth of tuba....

The valve block and piston assembly was suppied by M-W/ Melton. The slides and braces were constructed by me.

Daniel C. Oberloh

bearphonium · Post by **bearphonium** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:45 am

Sweet! I'm with Doc, gotta buy a lotto ticket!!

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:33 pm

That custom York is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen....

Daniel C. Oberloh · Post by **Daniel C. Oberloh** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:38 pm

DP wrote:
me next oh me oh please oh please

Yes Dale. You, Alen, Dave and then.....

Daniel C. Oberloh

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:01 pm

Wow that is excellent.
Seriously, how much does a job like that cost?

ken k

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:20 am

ken k wrote:Wow that is excellent.
Seriously, how much does a job like that cost?

ken k

I don't think you'll get him to say. However, in the discussion of the 'value of a Holton" and this sort of restoration/customization, the amount $10K came up (plus the original cost of the horn) A lot, yes, but look at what else you could get for that amount and it looks a little more reasonable.

andrew the tuba player · Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:25 am

yeah, thats an awsome looking horn., dont forget to add me to your list lol

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