Tuba ID (plus bonus cool old picture)

[AHynds]

Anyone got a clue on what type of horn this is? This comes from an interesting article about the aerophor, a device intended to extend an orchestral wind musician's air capacity. Here it is.



For the rest of the article, go here.

http://renewablemusic.blogspot.com/2010 ... turns.html

Aaron Hynds

P.S., any advice on how to resize pictures within forum posts would be appreciated!

[Daniel C. Oberloh]

Cerveny.



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[imperialbari]

The player is Hofmusiker (= musician of the court) from Schwerin the then capital of Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg now is part of the German state at the Baltic coast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Schwerin still is the capital. The area was part of the GDR.

The title of Hofmusiker dates the photo to before the end of WWI.

The tuba is a sample of Cerveny’s de luxe series of instruments where the link to the rotor crank is mounted under the spatula. This series was discontinued in 1930.

Klaus

[windshieldbug]

The problem with the aerophor is having the hole drilled in your cheek to attach it...

[imperialbari]

Isn’t that what certain bugs do?

[windshieldbug]

Isn’t that what certain bugs do?

Only after the elk is already down.