Posted by Christian Klein on October 22, 2002 at 12:45:26:
In Reply to: Unusual Alex posted by Dave Erickson on October 22, 2002 at 12:22:05:
Here's an educated guess:
Looks like an Alexander 154 EEb (perhaps low pitch, but i am not familiar with the high/low pitch history of other countries).
When a tuba has less conical taper, it needs to be longer. Ie, the open tube of a 4/4 tuba is shorter than a 6/4 one.
EEb is about 13.5 or 14 feet. That horn seems to be 14.75 feet but does have a very narrow taper.
I'm guessing that 1782 ain't the date, least on our calendar (since the tuba hadn't been invented yet).
Christian Klein