Tuba Tuesday: Stowasser, B flat Euphonium, 4 rotary, ca.1920

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Happy Tuba Tuesday! This Tuba Tuesday, the Museum features a Stowasser, B flat Euphonium, 4 rotary, ca.1920.

Bell diameter is 9.875″, bore is .575″ & height is 29.0.”
“W. Stowasser & / Sohne / Graslitz” on bell garland. Two crests inside minimal engraving on bell flare.

This euphonium is a beautiful Stowasser instrument. The decoration to the valve levers, rotor caps, and rotary arm caps is exquisite, and done in alternating mother-of-pearl and abalone. Also, the braces all exhibit embossing as well. This Stowasser was probably done for the home market, as there is no additional country of sale on the bell engraving.

The Museum acquired this instrument with what looks like the original mouthpiece, a York mouthpiece that may have been fitted for it, the original high and low pitch tuning slides (low pitch pictured), and even the original case.









https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... rotary-ca/

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Purty engravings all over!