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/
Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
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Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
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I agree, guys. This is the way to go.
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
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.
The ports are pretty weird/cool too. Kind of reminds me of one of those convertible tubas.-
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
Buescher did a lot of unique stuff, design-wise.
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
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...groovlow wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:51 pm Looks like a converted Corno Basso valve section.
I bet I could play left-handed
(edit: correcting typi)
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Buescher, E flat tuba, 3 piston, 1890.
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.
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.
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If it’s tourist season, why can’t we shoot them?