What tuba is this

[tuba.]

So I bought this tuba off a local high school was about to send it to the shop but then I wondered what kind of tuba is this? Here, take a look.


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[arpthark]

Looks like a B&S model 102. Imported to the USA under various names like Meister Gerhard Schneider and Giardinelli. Does yours have an engraving?

Jake Kline's blog post here features a pic of a five valve Symphonie model:

https://brassandpipes.wordpress.com/202 ... symphonie/

[MiBrassFS]

I’ve made some weird purchases of opportunity in my day (usually tools and stuff like that), but what an oddly random thing to buy without knowing what kind it is. A tuba.

[Mary Ann]

No idea but it is remarkably dent free for coming from a high school.

[jtm]

Looks like a B&S model 102. Imported to the USA under various names like Meister Gerhard Schneider and Giardinelli. Does yours have an engraving?

Jake Kline's blog post here features a pic of a five valve Symphonie model:

https://brassandpipes.wordpress.com/202 ... symphonie/

Thanks for the link, Blake. I missed it somehow when I was looking for BBb Symphonie info on Jake's site. Maybe because I was searching for 103?

My new-to-me BBb Symphonie 102 (or 103?) is great to play, and I can't wait to get it into some good playing spaces and to see what it sounds like with other brass.

[tofu]

I’ve made some weird purchases of opportunity in my day (usually tools and stuff like that), but what an oddly random thing to buy without knowing what kind it is. A tuba.

No it’s not if he had a chance to play and inspect it prior to purchase. If I inspect a horn in person and it is well constructed, plays well and the price is right - I’d be a buyer too regardless of who made it. Even if he bought it on spec - if the price is right (aka -it’s cheap enough that it’s worth it even if it’s just a wall hanger or lawn decoration) then it’s still a reasonable buy.

[donn]

Does it really matter, "what kind it is?" It's a tuba.

One year back in the '80s, the local folk music festival's yearly auction had a tuba. I don't remember the stencil, but similar eastern European thing maybe imported by a local music store. Among all the fiddles and various knicknacks, this giant brass thing. There was no ebay back then. The auctioneer went through every last ridiculous bundle of drumsticks and whatever, and then kind of made as if to wrap it up. "THE TUBA!!!" sounded from many throats. I took a shot at it, but it went far over my limit, and someone else went home with that big brass tuba with 4 rotary valves. What kind? Who knows?

[edit - it was a "Crown" B&S.]

[MiBrassFS]

I guess I’ve known too many counter guys at music stores. Carry on!