Tuba Tuesday: King, left handed, EE flat sousaphone, 3 piston, c.1927

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Tuba Tuesday: King, left handed, EE flat sousaphone, 3 piston, c.1927

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This Tuba Tuesday the Museum features a King, left handed, EE flat sousaphone, 3 piston, c.1927.

Bell size is 24.5” and the bore is .689”.

” ‘KING’ / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEVELAND / OHIO” inside oval within floral engraving on bell.
” 1 / ‘KING’ / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV’D. O. / 89540″ on first valve. “2”, “3” stamped on second and third valves respectively.

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Re: Tuba Tuesday: King, left handed, EE flat sousaphone, 3 piston, c.1927

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Is the engraving reversed too?
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: King, left handed, EE flat sousaphone, 3 piston, c.1927

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humBell wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:56 am Is the engraving reversed too?
Only if you look at it while standing on your head... :teeth:
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