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Tuba Tuesday: Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 12:54 am
by bisontuba
Happy Tuba Tuesday. Today, the Museum features a Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939.
Serial #: 24151
Bell Diameter 23”, Bore Size .685”.
Comments:
This instrument has no visible identification marks because it has been painted.
https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... saphone-2/
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 11:57 am
by humBell
Glad they were still making the valve sets in the late 30s!
I don't have a better suggestion for the 4th valve circuit, but somehow it doesn't match the aesthetic of the others?
Indeed there is a weird perverseness in me what particularly likes the earlier variant on the 3rd valve circuit that sticks beyond and under the wrap. But that is protected by a helicon bell that don't come off, whereas sousas' bells do (so i think i understand some design trade offs involved?)
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:59 am
by arpthark
Happy birthday, @bisontuba!
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:54 am
by bisontuba
Tnx!
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:42 pm
by humBell
Sorry i forgot your birthday!
And it took me this long to remember the notice at the bottom of the index...
PS I still like Keefers.
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Keefer, BB flat sousaphone, 4 piston, c.1939
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:37 am
by bisontuba
Tnx