Mirafone 56A Kaiser Baritone/Tenor tuba

sugawi · Post by **sugawi** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:38 pm

What model/key is this?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1584036136

Unusual placement of 3rd valve tuning slide:

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Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:05 pm

I see that the bell garland clearly says "Mirafone". But... there is little else about that horn that speaks "Mirafone". The tops of the rotors aren't engraved and the mounting plates for the thumb ring and harness loops are wrong. The finger paddles also don't look quite right.

The horn is probably an F and might be a hybrid. Perhaps the horn is really a Cerveny/Amati and the back rotor caps and bell came from a Mirafone. ???

EDIT.... yeah.... I should have recognized this as a euph the first time around!

bort · Post by **bort** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:12 pm

That is a tenor tuba... I believe its model 56A.

sugawi · Post by **sugawi** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:27 pm

bort wrote:That is a tenor tuba... I believe its model 56A.

You're right! Kaiser baritone...
http://www.hornguys.com/euphmir56a.php

swillafew · Post by **swillafew** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:11 am

It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.

sugawi · Post by **sugawi** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:47 pm

swillafew wrote:It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.

Some schools have unlimited budget... Though i don't think those were 8k back in 70's.

bort · Post by **bort** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:50 pm

sugawi wrote:
swillafew wrote:It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.
Some schools have unlimited budget... Though i don't think those were 8k back in 70's.

I think the point was "was this stolen?" or "is this still owned by the school?"

sugawi · Post by **sugawi** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:32 pm

bort wrote:
sugawi wrote:
swillafew wrote:It has an engraving as a school instrument, MHS, and an inventory number.
Some schools have unlimited budget... Though i don't think those were 8k back in 70's.
I think the point was "was this stolen?" or "is this still owned by the school?"

Seller's response:
"We are a pawn shop. Had this on loan. The owner defaulted on the item. I have had it next to my desk for a year not knowing what to do with it. "

swillafew · Post by **swillafew** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:56 pm

I bought a school horn on Ebay because I wasn't paying attention. The seller had several, must have been the main customer for the school. It doesn't mean anything, but what an unlikely horn for a school to own!

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:36 am

A band directors who was not a low brass geek may have ordered this by mistake many years ago. Particularly before the Internet age, most music teachers were lucky to have a few weeks of tuba and/or euph during their one semester of brass methods and probably knew very little about anything other than a trumpet or trombone. It still amazes me that some schools won't even go near a "french" horn for their instrumental program, either, due to lack of knowledge. Or the "3/4" tubas purchased for 5th graders that are as tall as they are, despite the smaller bore.

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