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Albany, NY (FB): New York Musical Inst. Co. Eb (1915?)
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:02 am
by arpthark
I actually have the body of one of these tubas that was converted to an F tuba (notice the really long leadpipe). It played really nice as an F, but it needed a better valveset so it's in pieces in my barn. It looks like a Lyon & Healy stencil, but wasn't L&H a stencil company anyway? Maybe European?
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Re: Albany, NY (FB): New York Musical Inst. Co. Eb (1915?)
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 5:11 pm
by York-aholic
Lyon & Healy certainly imported a lot of instruments but also produced some of their own stuff.
Re: Albany, NY (FB): New York Musical Inst. Co. Eb (1915?)
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 1:05 pm
by Yorkboy
Braces and ferrules look like Conn to me.
Re: Albany, NY (FB): New York Musical Inst. Co. Eb (1915?)
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2024 9:50 am
by humBell
Yorkboy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 1:05 pm
Braces and ferrules look like Conn to me.
I wasn't looking to closely myself, but it reminded me of other Conn made stencils i have known and liked. I got a mouthpiece or two that works pretty good with these, and if the strap loops are where i they are on others, a comfortable busking horn. Band director may complain you're not loud enough to balance a whole concert band, and they're probably right, but still they are fun to play.
And who else will have a "New York Instrument Co." tuba?