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Old German tuba on eBay
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:21 pm
by Heavy_Metal
no name on it- maybe the bell was replaced at some point. Wrapped something like an Alex:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/135725019949?m ... &recoPos=2
Re: Old German tuba on eBay
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:42 am
by Tubajug
That bottom bow cap is interesting. It looks like it's either two pieces, or just a big patch going up the side:

Re: Old German tuba on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:36 am
by Heavy_Metal
I'd say a big patch- maybe to reinforce an area badly damaged by a "young scholar" as @bloke would say.
Re: Old German tuba on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 4:50 am
by MiBrassFS
This ferrule is pretty interesting, too.

Re: Old German tuba on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 9:10 am
by bloke
I'm not telling anyone else what to buy or what not to buy blah blah blah blah blah.
Outside of patches, clock spring linkage is a non-starter for me.
It's usually rattly and not something that I want to use either in practice or in performance, and it dates the rotors as well...
I'd say half the time you end up with a tuba with good rotors with those types of levers, but the other half the time you don't.
Re: Old German tuba on eBay
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2025 9:56 am
by arpthark
My stab at a maker is Schuster.