arpthark wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2024 9:28 am

I suspect that the actual SN ="120904", putting it in 1921-1931.
50 MoH.

Mark wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:33 pm That is not a tuba. According to the link you posted it is a RCA Victor French Horn.

Oh, those French.
They have a different word for everything!

humBell wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:21 pme pictures.

This Grand Rapids Band Instrument Company helicon is nestled snuggly amongst the Euphonium listings:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/315789080711

Despite what the ad says, if it says GRBIC it's 1911-1930.

iiipopes wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:32 am Looks like the dent repair was attempted by an autobody man. Hmmm. I wonder how bondo affects tone and intonation?

Duct tape fixes lots of stuff and the best part is it can often be reused!

Just a brief aside, but be aware that Walter had several different mouthpieces that were "Helleberg Sear" over the years with different shanks, cups and sizes. To get an idea you might want to use the forum search function . What I'm saying is that if you do find one it may not be the one you liked ...

Fluorescent Orange

Our thoughts are with you!

I was told that the valve section was made in one part of the shop and a serial number was added...the rest of the horn was made in a different part of the factory and a serial number was added... As long as you have two sets of numbers the bell is the most unique part of the horn. The same size ...

Funny, horn players have NO water keys, and seem to delight in emptying slides and spinning their horns to beat the band!

Bluegrass.

I think the writing (picture of eagle holding euphonium with illegible writing around it) is "Trade Mark".
That's what my Distin euphoniums (SN 16034/18266 & 16449/18568) say.

bloke wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:47 pmthe best possible instruction

Duh. Choose another profession.

A small hose clamp will be just as effective and cost you 1/100 of the price…

My music degree did not do anything except make me able to join the symphony and have a lesson business, plus free lance. But -- I could have done all that without a degree. I was told, and this was way back, like in 1970, by a fellow who worked at IBM that I could get a job there as a programmer ...

Just make sure nothing's plated!

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:20 pm What was the question again?

I'm not sure, but the answer was 42.

Three Valves wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:34 am Longwood Gardens must have been a fantastic venue!

It was a superlative evening!

bloke wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:33 pm ...and (ref: church service sermons - particularly when seated up in the alter area) continuously blowing warm air through a tuba (during a sermon) is quite the visual distraction.

Only if the congregation thinks you are implying that the person giving the sermon is a blowhard...