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Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:31 pm
by bisontuba
Happy Tuba Tuesday. Today, the Museum features a Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Serial #: 1193
Bell Diameter 14”, Bore Size .610, Height 31”.
“The Buescher Mfg. Co” around outside of seal/” True-Tone”/ “Trade Mark”/” registered”/” Elkhart, Ind”. Engraved picture of a hanging bell part of seal. Beautiful relief engraving on bell around seal. 1,2,3 on valves. SN on second valve.
https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... ston-1890/
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:51 am
by Dents Be Gone!
I agree, guys. This is the way to go.
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:36 am
by TheHatTuba
Think they tried to make a very small tuba more ergonomically friendly by putting the pistons far away. Makes sense (first valve slide is "there") but it looks weird enough to talk about on a forum 130 years after the fact
The ports are pretty weird/cool too. Kind of reminds me of one of those convertible tubas.
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:54 pm
by arpthark
Buescher did a lot of unique stuff, design-wise.
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:51 pm
by groovlow
Looks like a converted Corno Basso valve section.
I bet I could play left-handed
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:51 pm
by humBell
groovlow wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:51 pm
Looks like a converted Corno Basso valve section.
I bet I could play left-handed
Now i need to look up a Corno Basso, but definitely it looks possible to play with a reach around, and more convenient than most...
(edit: correcting typi)
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:19 am
by groovlow
The reference comes from the podcast "History of the Tuba", multiple early names, on scores for cimbasso.
Part 3 or 4
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:59 am
by windshieldbug
It was actually designed for airflow, not for usage.
Buescher first started out with their "Epoch" designed valve system, which they likened to air the air flowing through a trombone slide.
Eventually they realized that airflow did not make the difference, and moved on to conventional valve pathways.
