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Heavy_Metal
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Unusual mouthpiece

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Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
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Re: Unusual mouthpiece

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The script 'H' looks like the Herco logo. Maybe FEGLEY was the guys name!
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Re: Unusual mouthpiece

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Here's someone by that name... quite possible:

http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi- ... &S=&P=3815" target="_blank
Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
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Re: Unusual mouthpiece

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The script H looks like the Houser logo, and the exterior looks like the Deck model mp.

I guess it would either be a custom mp made for Fegley (using the Deck blank), or more likely a Deck mp which has been stamped for the owner.
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Re: Unusual mouthpiece

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That would be the old NOT CHEAP gold plated houser made Deck exterior cup
Might of course be a custom, but probably just engraved :)

The shank confuses me though
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Re: Unusual mouthpiece

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This post by Harv from the old tubenet might answer the Fegley question. Harv probably could have told us about the shank.

http://www.chisham.com/tips/bbs/mar2004 ... 68347.html" target="_blank" target="_blank
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Re: Unusual mouthpiece

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It is interesting to me and quite logical that all these folks are within the Reading to Philly conduit. Houser could probably tell us for sure, but I'll bet he made the mouthpiece to Fegley's specs to correct a too sharp tuba.
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