This Tuba Tuesday the Museum features a Buescher, Jumbo, BB flat sousaphone, 3 piston, 1926.

Bell is 30” and the bore is .770.

“THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART / IND / USA” on small end of bell. Floral engraving around identification marks.

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Nice! $400 Even better.

I am no expert, but when I need to care I only use lead-free solder on silver because the lead will just stick to the silver and turn things ugly and black. Tin will only turn things a different shade of silver-ish color, and it can be polished up pretty well. also, you can use a graphite pencil and ...

These Cerveny tubas have the potential to sound really good.

Beautiful. A tuba that was clearly designed as a professional instrument with three valves.

That is nice.