Posted by K on November 28, 2003 at 15:04:10:
In Reply to: Tuba I.D. posted by De on November 28, 2003 at 14:29:32:
Very likely it was a Lignatone. That brand was sort of an in-house stencil of the Amati-Cerveny conglomerate of post-WWII Czechoslovakia.
These samples from my gallery groups might help:
Thumbnails of two Lignatone oval Bb Tenorhörner with 3 rotary valves. Today we only see these instruments with the Cerveny engraving:
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotosx/lst?.dir=/Lignatone+oval+Bb+Tenorhorn
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotosxvii/lst?&.dir=/Lignatone+oval+tenorhorn+3RV
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotos25/lst?.dir=/Lignatone+oval+Tenorhorn+3RV
Thumbnails of a Lignatone oval Bariton 4RV:
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotos20/lst?&.dir=/Lignatone+oval+Bariton+4RV
Thumbnail of a Lignatone F tuba 3RV:
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotos21/vwp?.dir=/&.src=gr&.dnm=Lignatone+F+tuba+3RV.jpg
Thumbnail(-s) of a Lignatone F helicon 4RV:
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotosxii/vwp?.dir=/&.dnm=Lignatone+F+helicon+4RV.jpg
Thumbnails of a two Cerveny BBb helicons (4 rotors) with the Lignatone engraving used circa 1950 to 1970 on some markets:
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotosix/lst?.dir=/Cerveny+BBb+helicon+engraved+Lignatone
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterPublicPhotosXII/vwp?.dir=/&.dnm=Lignatone+helicon+4RV.jpg
Klaus Bjerre of Denmark
Retired teacher
Free music files in .pdf format:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterBBb/
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Index over brass instruments gallery and catalogue scans:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterPublicPhotosIII/files/
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