height of an Olds O-99 tuba?

[bloke]

I actually need OTHER information, but (without going into a wordy explanation) this statistic will get me there...

...so - if you have this tuba (or a Reynolds TB-10, or a Conn 2J C tuba, etc.) would you be willing to help me out by posting it's height?

TIP: I've always found it easier to measure a tuba's HEIGHT easiest by resting the BOTTOM BOW on the floor, getting the BELL RIM parallel to the floor, and then measuring from the floor UP to the BELL RIM.

thanks!

[bloke]

...so 35"...36"...37"...??

[LeMark]

...so 35"...36"...37"...??

I had one of those. I would put it in the 37 range. Slightly taller than my amati, but not tall as tall as a 186.

In this Pic, it fits into a bag designed for a 186, with a 3 inch pad inserted at the bottom. Sorry I can't be more exact

[bloke]

good enough for me...
thanks !

I'm trying to decide whether to grab new "economy (but seems like an OK) bag" to stick a 186 in it.
A reviewer of the bag gave it a decent review, and claims that it fit his O-99 just fine...

[the elephant]

My 1970 catalog says 37" tall for O-99/4.

[bloke]

My 1970 catalog says 37" tall for O-99/4.

very cool...
Thanks for quoting that source.

I guess a 186 is about an inch and half taller...

(Typically, people who are selling stuff - particularly lower-priced stuff) have no idea what they have, so everything is consumer guesswork...)

When I sell this 186, I would just like to offer a decent/new/NOT-$600-my-cost bag to go with it...

[the elephant]

Current 186 BBb — 39.764" (1010 mm) *from miraphone.de
Current 186 CC — 39.370 (1000 mm) *from miraphone.de

My 1971 186 CC— ~39.75" *from my digitally calibrated cloth tape measure

Every small-belled 186 I have bothered to measure has been about .5" 5o 1" longer than the bigger-belled versions I have bothered to measure. The representative sampling groups of all four representative horn subsets represent an underrepresentation of each representative type represented.

This information has been peer-reviewed.

[fulerzoo]

I have two Olds 0-99s. They measure 37" with a level bell. They are great small horns providing the third valve slide is cut and optionally also cutting the first valve slide for a bit of push/pull. No adult fingerings needed. Buy them cheap and add a little investment in the slide cutting and possibly/ correcting some valve stem issues.

[bloke]

Current 186 BBb — 39.764" (1010 mm) *from miraphone.de
Current 186 CC — 39.370 (1000 mm) *from miraphone.de

My 1971 186 CC— ~39.75" *from my digitally calibrated cloth tape measure

Every small-belled 186 I have bothered to measure has been about .5" 5o 1" longer than the bigger-belled versions I have bothered to measure. The representative sampling groups of all four representative horn subsets represent an underrepresentation of each representative type represented.

This information has been peer-reviewed.

yes...Thank-you very much...
I was confusing the 186 height with the 188 height.

c. 39-1/2" is a SIGNIFICANT distance beyond 37".

I should, but I never measure tubas' heights...until I'm bag/case shopping...

...OR unless they're crazy-tall/crazy-short...like the beat-up pillowy-sounding (crazy short) Holton B-flat I recently bought...or the (crazy-tall) kaiser Miraphone B-flat I couldn't resist buying, a while back.

speaking of which...Greyhound hasn't called me about that sweet little MTS case (to fit the Holton).

bloke "...yeah...bloke: and his nutty stream-of-consciousness posts"