Any fans of smaller tubas out there?

[Tom Coffey]

Wow--you don't see horns like those everyday! I love the authenticity of the s linkages on the valves. I have them on my Piggy as original equipment. They work great, and I have never been a fan of replacing them.
Both of those horns in the picture look like they have avoided major damage, too. Really cool!

[proam]

I am not sure how tubas are divided into 3/4, 7/8, 15/16, 4/4 etc. Weight? Height? Bore? Combination? Consensus opinion? Arbitrary?

I assume "smaller tuba" means less than 4/4? (The 15/16 is meant humorously, though I'm not positive that there isn't such a critter.)

Or is this one of those questions you don't ask ... you either know it intuitively or you just don't get it?

I have a Conn 5J and would guess it is a 4/4 but it might be 3/4? It has an 18" bell and stands about 36" high, I believe.

[bigtubby]

Wow--you don't see horns like those everyday! I love the authenticity of the s linkages on the valves. I have them on my Piggy as original equipment. They work great, and I have never been a fan of replacing them.
Both of those horns in the picture look like they have avoided major damage, too. Really cool!

I love both of these and RE: Tuben below feel fortunate to own them.

The Schuster is all original excepting:
1. The cap was missing from the screw holding the 4th valve's stop arm. I purchased an appropriate period five pfennig piece on ebay, counterbored it and soldered it on.

2. The 4th valve slide is something that I fabricated. The original matches the 3rd slide in length and makes the 4th valve 2+3. Being used to 1+3 4th valve, this slide works better even though it looks a bit weird.

The Cerveny seems unusually near mint except:
1. I think that the 2nd valve slide is not original (they usually had the "thermometer bulb" slide and the color looks wrong.

2, The MTS has a curly queue that I think was added to drop it to modern pitch.

Given that I know of only one other functional BBb Cerveny tornister I can live with those unoriginal bits, especially since it is quite playable.

[Three Valves]

Loving the 3/4 tuba.

How much tuba does one need to get their lip back and play the second part at Tuba Christmas??

[Tom Coffey]

The Schuster and the Cerveny have that old-world mojo phenomenon happening, in multiples! There is something reassuring about history being carried forward in a living way like this. Congratulations on finding and maintaining those horns!