Unknown BBb kaiser contrabass

[imperialbari]

I had an quaintance who had a horn identical to this. It was a Roland Meinl. He said it was connected to the Rudolph Meinl firm.

I tend to doubt that.

Roland Meinl is a big name in percussion, maybe not at the top in respect of quality.

Within brass Roland Meinl more looks like a stencil name put on imported instruments.

Klaus

[Ed Jones]

The horn that I remember clearly had Roland Meinl engraved on the bell and this mystery horn appears to be identical to that horn (as I recall it) except for the clock spring valve. It might be a stencil made for Roland Meinl by some other maker.

[tubalooney]

Great thanks everyone!
That just about wraps it up. I'll post some pictures and my impressions if and when I buy the tuba. If it's a good'un looking forward to trying out lots of Prokofiev and such like )
All the best
Phillip