Posted by Rare tuba for leftys on November 26, 2002 at 14:00:50:
The rare and infrequently seen left handed upright valve tuba. Probably one of a short run of seven made in 1956 by Harold the Elf in the Black Forest town of Brasso de Fixo. We understand that the other six were hunted down and destroyed as subversive; a threat to budding young players who, as a result of playing one of these, might not be able to tell their right hand from their left.
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