Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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Wilco
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Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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Hi! I just found a very old B&F F tuba. I guess it is very rare because I have not seen another one on the net.

With a bit of tape and heavy oil the open notes sound fine (although quite flat, but the tuning slide cannot go further in).

I think it is very cool!
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I think I found the same model in the Yorkmaster collection. What do you think? https://yorkmaster.org/yorkmaster/photo ... index.html
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Re: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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Predecessor to the ones made by Amati/Cerveny.

Nickel plated?
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Re: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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Not sure…. Will polish a spot to check
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Re: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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Based on the surface it looks nickel-plated. Silver oxidation tends to turn it black.
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yes B&F modell 65 (Amati used the same models and # later), maybe 435 hz

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Re: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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Thanks! The leadpipe is shorter on the later model: https://www.netshopy.cz/cz/produkt/tuba ... i-model-65
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Re: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba

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I think it is very cool!
I agree!

Have fun with the tuba!
:tuba: :tuba:
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