Posted by Rick Denney on January 15, 2002 at 15:06:06:
In Reply to: Wurzbach Tubas posted by Dave on January 13, 2002 at 11:08:19:
Orpheus is still in business, but no longer imports or sells tubas.
I suspect these instruments were brought after I moved away from San Antonio. Their other brand that they (and they alone) seemed to sell was Vespro, which was made in Kliengenthal, and therefore, I presume, by VMI. I would not be surprised to discover that Wurzbach instruments came from the same source.
Wurzbach is the name of a VERY major street on the northwest side of San Antonio. It is just one artifact of the strong German heritage of that city, stemming from a major migration of Germans, Czechs, and Poles to the area in the late 1800's. For a city with such strong Hispanic roots, there sure are lots of polka-band opportunities.
Rick "who spent many years fiddling with the traffic signals on Wurzbach" Denney