Anyone care to explain this horn?

[TubadudeCA]

I received this picture in an e-mail a few days ago, and all I can say is... "Why?!"







12 Bells, 8 valves.

[TubadudeCA]

Wow, with that title and you being new on the forum, I figured to see my horn, but instead a photo shopped version of a German scheme horn.
These were horns with usually three or four bells and occasionally seven, but I've never seen twelve. They started out as a fixed reed mouthpiece
type instrument but have bin "upgraded" to trombone (brass) mouthpiece later.
One that I saw was a sousaphone with seven bells in a flower bouquet form from Amati. Really cool looking !

In case you haven't seen my stealth tuba yet :
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I actually thought it was a scheme at first to! I've seen them on YouTube and on eBay a few times, but nothing quite like this. Apparently from what I found out, this is actually in the selmer collection in paris. Why on earth would it need 12 bells though???

Multiple valves and one bell would just be so much simpler

And I think I've seen your horn in person! Do you play at the Sacramento Tuba Christmas every year??

[Dan Schultz]

My next project? Looks like a good way to get rid of the trumpet bells in my 'hellbox'.

I'm thinking that the first six valves operate two individual trumpets... for a total of six circuits. And the two 'extra' valves change the timbre like a DB euphonium... thus the twelve bells.

[SRanney]

I received this picture in an e-mail a few days ago, and all I can say is... "Why?!"

The real question should be "why not?"

[Bob Kolada]

I received this picture in an e-mail a few days ago, and all I can say is... "Why?!"
12 Bells, 8 valves.

Because innovation should never rest.