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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:44 am
by Dave Detwiler
Here are the engravings on the bell of the very first Sousaphone, built by J. W. Pepper in 1895!
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:26 am
by bloke
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:18 am
by opus37
1892 Helicon.
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:23 pm
by tokuno
1944 King 1261 sousaphone
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm
by Three Valves
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:41 pm
by WC8KCY
A horn I never should have sold...
The smaller bell was unengraved.
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:56 pm
by bort2.0
Bloke, not sure I've ever seen that B&S super old engraving. Very cool, and as you've said before, quite ornate for the East German workshop/time period.
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:12 am
by pjv
Almost the same Bloke, except for the "Made in..." and that my B&S logo is filled in.
The metal most obviously has the same "dermatological symptoms"
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:03 am
by bloke
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:43 am
by jonesbrass
bloke wrote:bort2.0 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:56 pm
Bloke, not sure I've ever seen that B&S super old engraving. Very cool, and as you've said before, quite ornate for the East German workshop/time period.
hint: Don’t refer to things as “super old“ that someone else bought brand new.
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Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:13 am
by Three Valves
Especially if the fella that bought it new is still living and plans on keep living another 15+ years or so!!
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:19 am
by bloke
Three Valves wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:13 am
Especially if the fella that bought it new is still living and plans on keep living another 15+ years or so!!
If things keep going the way they're quickly going, I dunno if I'm particularly interested in doing so.
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:26 am
by Three Valves
Don't fight it. Just get in line for freebies. What could possibly go wrong??
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:14 pm
by bort2.0
My bad
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:16 pm
by bloke
That's OK...
Everything made since sucks compared to it, so...
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:26 pm
by bort2.0
bloke wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:16 pm
That's OK...
Everything made since sucks compared to it, so...
Are you talking about the tuba, or yourself?
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:12 pm
by bloke
actually:
Three Valves’ post, above
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:11 pm
by humBell
Note to self.
Track down the cool ol' Buescher engraving...
(it may be a while, so feel free to remind me...)
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:46 pm
by jtm
The 1929 Holton baritone that Bloke just restored:
Re: Engravings -- show them here!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:58 am
by Three Valves
