Weltklang question
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TheHatTuba
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Weltklang question
Did Weltklang ever stencil F tubas from Alexander? Some of the 4 valve Weltklang F tubas with the angled entry into the 1st rotor look a lot like Alex F's with the same configuration.
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imperialbari
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Re: Weltklang question
Weltklang hardly ever stenciled Alexander tubas by putting the Weltklang engraving on tubas made in Mainz.
However some inspiration going from Mainz to Markneukirchen has been seen. Hoyer/B&S/Schneider made a fairly close, but not identical, version of the Alexander 103 double horn. At least one Markneukirchen BBb tuba that I have seen was said to have Alexander bore.
But then B&S were quite unique in their F tubas when they introduced the progressive bore through the valve block.
Most often the Weltklang models are based on the acoustical designs of the more or less equivalent B&S models. The way they became cheaper was by putting on less valves (3 or 4 rather than 5 or 6 with tubas), less nickel silver trim, and then by letting the assembly be done by less experienced workers or apprentices.
With Weltklang 4 valve F tubas from around 1985 the bore through the valves was straight (17mm).
For reasons of trade patterns (that I have often written about here) it is possible to find full-blown B&S/Hoyer models with the Weltklang engraving.
The index of my brass galleriy is here:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yo ... %20format/
Klaus
However some inspiration going from Mainz to Markneukirchen has been seen. Hoyer/B&S/Schneider made a fairly close, but not identical, version of the Alexander 103 double horn. At least one Markneukirchen BBb tuba that I have seen was said to have Alexander bore.
But then B&S were quite unique in their F tubas when they introduced the progressive bore through the valve block.
Most often the Weltklang models are based on the acoustical designs of the more or less equivalent B&S models. The way they became cheaper was by putting on less valves (3 or 4 rather than 5 or 6 with tubas), less nickel silver trim, and then by letting the assembly be done by less experienced workers or apprentices.
With Weltklang 4 valve F tubas from around 1985 the bore through the valves was straight (17mm).
For reasons of trade patterns (that I have often written about here) it is possible to find full-blown B&S/Hoyer models with the Weltklang engraving.
The index of my brass galleriy is here:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yo ... %20format/
Klaus