Martin rotary CC

[Paul Scott]

I have a Martin catalogue from about 1914 in which states that they will build any brass instrument with either piston or rotary valves. By the early 20's there is no mention of rotary valves in the company literature that I've seen. I tend to believe that Martin built all tubas only as orders came in since it wasn't a very large factory to begin with. Here's a page referring to rotary valves:

[Mikelynch]

In response to a request in this thread. Here is a current picture of Jay McAllister's old rotary Martin.

[EdFirth]

Now That's a TUBA! And Jay did sound fantastic on it. Ed

[bisontuba]

Sweet!
Mark

[bort]

Such a w-i-d-e wrap to it, never seen a bell connected to the top bow like that before. Wacky leadpipe too.

Thanks for the picture!

[Frank Ortega]

Is this a modified Mammoth?
It looks like a Mammoth bell taper, but cut down from 20" to 18".
Although it doesn't look like a 6/4 tuba, it looks very short and squat, even in the Bill Bell pic.

A tuba player in San Francisco named John Moore had a smaller 3 valve bell front CC that I think would classify as a modified Medium or Renowned. I believe it's the horn he's playing in this picture:

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And I think he can be heard playing it here;

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[EdFirth]

That's about the best stuff I've heard since the great players of the 20' thru 30's. GREAT TONE, perfect time, and just the right amount of notes. None of the self gratitious,dumb, in the way of everything else, licks I hear a lot now.That guy was GREAT!, Ed