any idea of key?

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Lew
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Almost certainly BBb. The tubing is too long for Eb, and I don't think that they made these in C.
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Most likely a BBb tuba.
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BBb fer sure.
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cyras21 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3775303082

Any way to tell what key this is in just by looking at it?
Looks like an Olds O-99/Reynolds TB-10 which Bach marketed as a Mercedes for a while. It's a nice tuba, though small. Definitely a BBb.

Rick "noting that BBb tubas usually have 6 bows downstream from the dogleg, while Eb's usually only have four or even two if they are tall" Denney
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