USA Line (????) Monster Eb

[BassBass]

Is not mine and I do not know the seller but does anyone know this brand? I do not!

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Thanks

Call

[Tom Coffey]

These were produced by York and can be very good horns. They are a little inconsistent from one horn to another, as was more common in the early twentieth century. I think it was intended to be a second (less expensive and less detailed) line like Pan American was for Conn. These were not really stencils, because they were not made to carry someone else's brand name (the way both Conn and Buescher made "Selmer New York" saxophones). Instead, these were made to be sold by the manufacturer itself, just not as the "premium" name brand.

[windshieldbug]

The "brand" was Grand Rapids Band Instrument Company, and they were made on the same production lines as York horns. Everything Tom said is true.

[toobagrowl]

What the others said: York stencil



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[Bob Kolada]

Those USA Lines all seem to have the tuning slide before the valves as opposed to the Yorks having it after.

[J.c. Sherman]

Were someone so inclined to mess around with a York Monster Eb to see (??) if it made just as "funny" an F tuba as it makes an Eb tuba, the tuning-slide-before-the-valves (which can be removed) on the U.S.A. Line version allows for a "cut" without having to do any "cutting".

Unfortunately, from personal experience, I can tell you that cutting a Monster Eb tends to result in a Fog-o-phone in F, with very poor center, and with amazingly unfocused low ranges. Live and learn

YMMV - but these are nice as they are

J.c.S.