Bach Mercedes
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Alex C
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Bach Mercedes
Who made the Bach Mercedes tuba? Or should I ask which company supplied the parts for the Mercedes tuba?
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Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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TUbajohn20J
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Re: Bach Mercedes
They were made by Bach, but with the tooling purchased from Olds. They had 3 and 4 valve versions of the Mercedes tubas and were pretty much almost identical to the Olds 0-99 and Reynolds. Pretty decent little horns.
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Alex C
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Re: Bach Mercedes
Thanks, appreciate the answer.
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"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
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cjk
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Re: Bach Mercedes
Do I remember seeing Bach Mercedes rotary BBb tubas as well?
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Re: Bach Mercedes
Mercedes BBb tuba 4RV (made by B&S for the Selmer-Bach corporation sometime around 1970 or 1975):Alex C wrote:Thanks, appreciate the answer.
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cjk
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Re: Bach Mercedes
Yup.bloke wrote:' appears as though Selmer's "Schneider" was the model 101, whereas the (rotary) "Bach Mercedes" was the model 103...
...yes...??
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Alex C
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Re: Bach Mercedes
So the put the Bach name on an Olds tuba and cheapened it up so they could raise the price. Typical.bloke wrote:built (from 1980...or 1981) for a few years at the Bach #2 plant - around the corner from the Bach plant where the Stradivarius instruments are made.
A couple of minor differences included
- pistons that were (??) a couple of thousandths of an inch larger diameter than the Olds/Reynolds pistons (just for $h!+$...??)
- "friction"-fit waterkey PINS (rather than Olds/Reynolds waterkey SCREWS)
The larger pistons are curious.
City Intonation Inspector - Dallas Texas
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.
"Holding the Bordognian Fabric of the Universe together through better pitch, one note at a time."
Practicing results in increased atmospheric CO2 thus causing global warming.