B&S tubas (horn dorn)

[Søren]

I just thought that I would show you the latest addition to my tuba collection. As you know I like the old B&S tubas, and the newest addition is an old 4v CC.



From left to right: B&S BBb 4v model "Symphonie", B&S CC 4v, B&S F 5v model "Symphonie".

I think that all of these tubas play great. They are the most "plug and play" tubas I have ever played. I like the tone and they have great response and intonation. Not like the Alexander I once owned. I needed to practice a couple of hours a day on that tuba to just be able to play it in tune (great sound though).
All 3 tubas have the same bell diameter and the slides are interchangeable between the BBb and the CC. I am quite sure the F and CC have the same bell, and the BBb and CC have the same bottom bow. The taper of the BBb bell i different, but the diameter at both ens are the same as the two others.
The sound of the BBb and F complements each other greatly, but I don't know what I will use the CC for. I falls in between the two others, but it plays great and I got it for almost nothing.

This might finally classify me as a tuba collecter

[Wyvern]

Very nice Soren - thanks for sharing!

Jonathan "who does particularly like B&S tubas"

[Rick Denney]

My B&S Symphonie F is identical to yours, except yours seems to have silver plating, while mine is (mostly) lacquered. Otherwise it's the same, right down to the clocksprings and left-thumb fifth valve.



Do you know the date of your tuba?

Rick "who has always liked those tall-bell B&S Bb tubas, too" Denney

[imperialbari]

Schneider, like Hoyer, Scherzer, Wolfram, and possibly more, was one of the independent makers forced into the DDR people(=state)-owned conglomerate, which from sometime around 1965 was called B&S.

Hoyer and Scherzer were used regularly as brand names for top lines of horns and trumpets respectively.

Schneider was a name used, when “oddâ€