A very unusual American-style airpath for a pre-1930 British tuba. Any serial #? Readable photo of the engraving?
Klaus
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Re: An Interesting Old Tuba
Nice beast!
Identical to my 4v E flat cavalry tuba, Hawkes Empire model, 1912;
http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k309/ ... vtuba3.jpg" target="_blank
When I spoke to Denis Wick a few months back, he was full of admiration of the workmanship of the Hawkes & Sons instruments, particularly euphoniums & tubas.
CB
Identical to my 4v E flat cavalry tuba, Hawkes Empire model, 1912;
http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k309/ ... vtuba3.jpg" target="_blank
When I spoke to Denis Wick a few months back, he was full of admiration of the workmanship of the Hawkes & Sons instruments, particularly euphoniums & tubas.
CB
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