You could probably make a bell from a little York, King or Conn/Pan American Eb of the same vintage work just fine, since they seem to follow similar designs and dimensions.
Keep your eyes peeled on eBay. This is a great one for "missing valves" types of horns.
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You might be able to adapt the bell from an old Getzen piston/rotor contrabass bugle. I have one but its about 3000 miles away so I can't measure, but I recall the large end of the bell being 15" and the small end was just slightly larger than the bell receiver on a euphonium. Remove one nut and a set screw, and the bell comes right off.
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"Old Jim Newell" would probably tell you to call me--we do a lot of parts-swappin'. He may have a 15" Holton bell; I think I've got one somewhere. But like Joe observed, I don't think you're going to find one that fits your bottom bow with a significantly wider flare than the original.tubafreaks7 wrote:I wish I had a tuba wrecking yard nearby. Maybe I should give old Jim Newell a call. He's my hero! I bought the valve that was added from him.
Chuck "Just finished a hellbox crawl for a crook for Jim"(G)