Very old instrument with Pumpen valves.........

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:16 am

Hmmm... about 38" long with a 11.4" bell. Kurt, do you reckon this is an Eb or F tuba? Too big for a tenor horn?

Might be fun to mess with. Do you know the seller?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:50 pm

Belltrouble wrote:No idea ,Dan!
Wether about the seller nor the pitch,the only thing I´m sure about is that it is no York C...............

regarding the age and the valves,which pitch is more likely?

Question to the specialists I assume

Kurt

More along the lines of a wild a**ed guess... I would say that since the seller says the overall length is 97cm... taking a multiple into consideration for the number of turns and configuration of the main bugle..... perhaps 14 or so feet.... it's probably an Eb tuba.

Tubman · Post by **Tubman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:35 pm

What ever it is, it's looks pretty awesome as far as antique tubas go...I've never seen those particular valves before.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:44 pm

It must be very interesting to play with that modied mouthpipe... I'm guessing a military High Pitch horn that was converted down to low!

J.c. Sherman · Post by **J.c. Sherman** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:36 pm

Those aren't "pumpen" valves - they're Vienna twin-piston valves

J.c.

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