Tuba Tuesday: Nuss Mfg. Co., Liberty, EE flat helicon, 3 piston, ca.1925

[bisontuba]

This Tuba Tuesday the Museum features a Nuss EEb Helicon, 3 piston valve, Harrisburg, PA, c. 1925.
Trade names on band instruments include ‘Supreme’ and ‘Liberty’.



“NUSS MFG. CO. / LIBERTY / HARRISBURG, PA. / 2316” on bell.

[humBell]

I have no great wisdom to share regarding Nuss, but i like what i know of 'em.

I like hearing of makers that are away from the center of things, like Heald in Springfield, MA, Or Bryant-Newell in Detroit (whom i have bloke to thank for pointing 'em out) and Nuss is likewise intriguing.

[bort2.0]

I wonder if "Nuss" is pronounced to rhyme with "bus", or if it's the German word for "nut." The later sounds probable, given the location of the maker among the Pennsylvania Dutch (which is actually a German heritage group, and nothing to do with the Netherlands). And, well, it's a tuba. :)

[humBell]

How would you pronounce it if it were the German word for nut?

(and the German word for German is Deutsch, i believe, which i could easily believe was distilled into the dutch in Pennsylvania Dutch... but then, i'm pretty good at believing things without knowing if they are right or not)

(er edit. I am even worse at spelling in other languages than in Englisch)

[bort2.0]

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