Posted by Wade on April 07, 2001 at 14:37:03:
In Reply to: What key is this tuba in??? posted by Tubaman with a Plan on April 07, 2001 at 13:53:53:
1. BBb
2. 4/4
3. large bore (.800-ish)/medium body
4. stencil (by the same maker as "Karl Zeiss" and "Musica")
A very okay tuba for a school band or a weekend duffer.
Worked on (or brought back from the dead) about 35 or 40 of them.
If you buy it, the repair list should have as the number one and two items: convert to ball and socket linkages and have all rotor bearings swedged (not merely "tightened") and relapped. Trust me...it will make it a fairly decent horn.
Wade