I forgot to answer your question Wade. I don't know who made it. There is a real nice ornate flowery engraving on the bell but no brand name. I think the tuba was made in the Czech Republic and the valves were made in Italy. No brand on the valves either. (The rotors are Miraphone.)the elephant wrote:
What is the original horn brand and model? How old?
I don't know how to even start to figure out how old it is. The valve section came from a sousaphone that was painted pink and hung on the outside wall of a music store in Memphis for several years. (They were just replated and honed at Anderson's so they are like new now.) I bought the tuba on ebay 3 years ago from a guy in Rhode Island.
(It is the same bore size as the York Monster Eb.)
It is a small tuba. The total height is 30 inches and the bell is 16 inches.
Right now it serves as a learning tuba for my 16 year old son. He is discovering how much easier some things are to play on F compared to Eb tuba. We have a big Monster Eb York and this thing is much, much smaller.