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Tuba Tuesday: Conn, double belled, B flat euphonium, 5 piston, 1908

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:42 am
by bisontuba
Happy Tuba Tuesday. Today, the Museum features a Conn, double belled, B flat euphonium, 5 piston, 1908.

Serial #: 101663

Bell Diameters 10 1/2″ & 6 1/4″ Bore. .593″, Height 26 1/2″.
Comments:

‘MADE BY / C.G. CONN / ELKHART / IND.” on bell. Some floral engraving around identification marks.



https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... -piston-2/

Re: Tuba Tuesday: Conn, double belled, B flat euphonium, 5 piston, 1908

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:50 am
by bort2.0
I remember this one, so shiny and excellent condition...

... Seems like it was about as useful back then as it is today... :eyes:

Re: Tuba Tuesday: Conn, double belled, B flat euphonium, 5 piston, 1908

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:54 am
by arpthark
"About the second bell, famous euphonium soloist Arthur W. Lehman once said during a Marine Band concert, 'We use it to hold our white gloves when we are not wearing them.'"