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Engravings -- show them here!
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Here are the engravings on the bell of the very first Sousaphone, built by J. W. Pepper in 1895!
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Played an F. E. Olds 4-valve BBb in high school (late '70s)
Led the USC Trojan Marching Band tuba section (early '80s)
Now playing an F. Schmidt (=VMI) 3301 and goofing around
on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!
Led the USC Trojan Marching Band tuba section (early '80s)
Now playing an F. Schmidt (=VMI) 3301 and goofing around
on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Here are a few misc...certainly not photographed under ideal conditions:
...At least one of these pictures is D-- (perhaps, earning a score of 59.6%...??)
I'll buff this one, sometime, and try again...
This is either a 19" or 20" (??) 4/4 bell, and the engraving extends nearly to the bell rim.
F. E. Olds valve trombone...the best of the American-made ones, imo.
Small-shank Olds/Reynolds playing slides all bolt up to the bell section.
bloke-cimbasso...engraving extends on up the bell...
...At least one of these pictures is D-- (perhaps, earning a score of 59.6%...??)
I'll buff this one, sometime, and try again...
This is either a 19" or 20" (??) 4/4 bell, and the engraving extends nearly to the bell rim.
F. E. Olds valve trombone...the best of the American-made ones, imo.
Small-shank Olds/Reynolds playing slides all bolt up to the bell section.
bloke-cimbasso...engraving extends on up the bell...
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1892 Helicon.
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Brian
Woodbury, MN
1892 Courtiere (J.W. Pepper Import) Helicon Eb
1980's Yamaha 321 euphonium
2007 Miraphone 383 Starlight
2010 Kanstul 66T
2016 Bubbie Mark 5
Woodbury, MN
1892 Courtiere (J.W. Pepper Import) Helicon Eb
1980's Yamaha 321 euphonium
2007 Miraphone 383 Starlight
2010 Kanstul 66T
2016 Bubbie Mark 5
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Thought Criminal
Mack Brass Artiste
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1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
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Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Bloke, not sure I've ever seen that B&S super old engraving. Very cool, and as you've said before, quite ornate for the East German workshop/time period.
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Almost the same Bloke, except for the "Made in..." and that my B&S logo is filled in.
The metal most obviously has the same "dermatological symptoms"
The metal most obviously has the same "dermatological symptoms"
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bloke
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
hint: Don’t refer to things as “super old“ that someone else bought brand new.
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[emoji23]bloke wrote:hint: Don’t refer to things as “super old“ that someone else bought brand new.
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Especially if the fella that bought it new is still living and plans on keep living another 15+ years or so!! 
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Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
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If things keep going the way they're quickly going, I dunno if I'm particularly interested in doing so.Three Valves wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:13 am Especially if the fella that bought it new is still living and plans on keep living another 15+ years or so!!
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Don't fight it. Just get in line for freebies. What could possibly go wrong?? 
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Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
The 1929 Holton baritone that Bloke just restored:
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John Morris
This practicing trick actually seems to be working!
playing some old German rotary tubas for free
This practicing trick actually seems to be working!
playing some old German rotary tubas for free
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Thought Criminal
Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column