NAME THAT TUBA...!!!

[tubatom91]

this might be a better pic:

[Tubaing]

Is the model the number that's on the bell?

[The Jackson]

Tommy got wise and best adjustificated his signature.

[tubatom91]

Tubaing: No it's just a serial number, the only stuff the on the bell is the Mirafone Mountain and the serial # and "Made in Germany" and the only markings on the body are the corresponding serial # and the valve #'s on the back of the casings.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

this might be a better pic:

Ah. Miraphone 1270 Bb recording bass. Nice.

[tubatom91]

Arg you got it. Did you find an old post and look at my signature? It is indeed a Mirafone 1270. I've only been able to get a model # from the Miraphone Representative directly. And I've yet to see another one just like this. A few near identical upright models with four valves. It's a goofy little thing that's for sure!

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Arg you got it. Did you find an old post and look at my signature? It is indeed a Mirafone 1270. I've only been able to get a model # from the Miraphone Representative directly. And I've yet to see another one just like this. A few near identical upright models with four valves. It's a goofy little thing that's for sure!

The four valve model would be a 1271 (although with front action instead of top - have you seen an upright action 4 valve like this?). There are very few of them, and I did a search at http://www.miraphone.de to find the model number of their old 3 valve recording bass.

[tubatom91]

Ah-ha. I would much prefer a four valver but hey it was free. So I can't complain!

[Tubaing]

Anyone?

[Tubaing]

The four valve model would be a 1271 (although with front action instead of top - have you seen an upright action 4 valve like this?).

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mirafone-BBb-Tuba_W ... 240%3A1318

[tubatom91]

hmm curious, that Ebay horn is engraved "STANDARD" right above the serial #

[imperialbari]

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[The Big Ben]

meinl 32 with york bell?

Kevin, I authorize one cookie for you as well!

I post pics here too much. Plus the prior owner posted these in his for sale ad, so they have been around some. Very good memory.

It is a MW 32 with the valves taken down and reordered so that 5th is on the bottom. It has a 1941 York Monster Eb bell in original unsilvered finish.

Kevin spends too much time on TubeNet and not enough time doing his math homework.

Or so I've been told....

[Tubaing]

meinl 32 with york bell?

Kevin, I authorize one cookie for you as well!

I post pics here too much. Plus the prior owner posted these in his for sale ad, so they have been around some. Very good memory.

It is a MW 32 with the valves taken down and reordered so that 5th is on the bottom. It has a 1941 York Monster Eb bell in original unsilvered finish.

Kevin spends too much time on TubeNet and not enough time doing his math homework.

Or so I've been told....

Perhaps I should also stop reading Song and Wind during math?

[Tuba Guy]

Perhaps I should also stop reading Song and Wind during math?

Never!!!!
That's how I made it through calculus. Well, that, sleeping, and figuring out how to program the graphing calculator to make a program to tell me how much i would need to cut off an instrument to raise it a certain number of semitones (i got reallllly bored sometimes)

[Nick Pierce]

Perhaps I should also stop reading Song and Wind during math?

Never!!!!
That's how I made it through calculus. Well, that, sleeping, and figuring out how to program the graphing calculator to make a program to tell me how much i would need to cut off an instrument to raise it a certain number of semitones (i got reallllly bored sometimes)

Well? What's the equation?

[Tuba Guy]

Um...I have really been frying my brain lately, and my calculator is in the desk drawer at school. But I think it's soemthing along the lines of
Y=N/2^x/12
N is the original legnth of the tubing
X is the number of semitones higher that you want to go
I'm not entirely sure this is right, seeing as I don't have a calculator to check it on, and I just woke up so my mind isn't working too well, but this is pretty much the gist of what it was. I wrote a program for the calc to get it to that point where you just enter "original legnth=" and "number of semitones raised"
I wanted to get it to the point where you put in the key of the horn and the key you want it in, and it does it for you, but...well, school was over by that point...and we were working in 3d, so i really needed to pay attention.

[Uncle Buck]

Here's a new one.

Mystery Tuba.jpg

[Uncle Buck]

Here's a new one.

Mystery Tuba.jpg

B&S CC tuba, pre-Perantucci. Maybe a PT-1 in C? (Do they even make those?) I think it is a 4/4 CC based on slide length. But I do not really like B&S tubas, so I really do not know many of their model numbers.

A guess. But not a WAG.

Not completely out of the ballpark, but not correct.

[ASTuba]

I'm guessing Cerveny F tuba?