New York Philharmonic 1925 photo

[roweenie]

What appears to be Fred Geib, playing an (egad!) recording bell tuba!



Tune in at 16:10 for the "talkie" clip:

https://youtu.be/d75t8dy-pd4" target="_blank

[Bowerybum]

That photo is from a Vitaphone short. TCM (Turner Classic Movies) played the whole thing early this year. The sound and camera work is surprisingly good. Is that Stanley Drucker playing
clarinet? (just kidding.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaphone" target="_blank" target="_blank

[roweenie]

Yes - that Vitaphone "short" was shown in 1926 along with the sound picture (synchronized music and sound effects without dialogue) "Don Juan", a year before Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer".

I'm starting to wish that all of my tubas' bells were detachable, and that I had alternate recording bells for all of them...

+ 1,000

PS - the 1st trumpet appears to maybe be Harry Glantz?

[Ace]

I'm starting to wish that all of my tubas' bells were detachable, and that I had alternate recording bells for all of them...

+ 1,000

PS - the 1st trumpet appears to maybe be Harry Glantz?

Glantz did not join the New York Phil until 1928, so I suspect the player in front of tubist Geib is none other than the great Max Schlossberg who was in that orchestra 1910-1936. His name causes me to be nostalgic. Sixty years ago, when I studied trumpet with some Hollywood film studio brass players in the mid 1950's, the go-to study book was Max Schlossberg's "Daily Drills and Technical Studies". In one of my lessons, the guy scheduled just ahead of me was playing the crap out of some excerpts from that book. He was none other than Irving Bush who later became the principal trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

[roughrider]

The clip of the orchestra playing was shown at least a year or two ago on Tubenet. Does anyone know where I could find that clip of Tannhauser again?

[roweenie]

Sorry for being redundant - I didn't know this film had already been posted...

[Art Hovey]

That tuba looks a lot like one that was hung high on the wall in Giardinelli's store back in the late 1960s. I also recall seeing a picture of Bill Bell using it for a solo with the Goldman Band.

[Stephen Shoop]

The clip of Tannhauser (dated 1926), performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Hadley, Conductor-- Fred Geib- Principal Tuba, can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxaLAuZYdho" target="_blank

[roughrider]

Thanks very much!!!

[Stephen Shoop]

You are very welcome... fabulous piece of history!

[Bowerybum]

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[Ken Herrick]

Harvey had Helleberg's original. It was smaller than his regular little Conn. Gold plated and had recording and upright bells. An interesting "little" tuba to play.