Pics added: photo dump from old TubeNet ca. 2010-2012

[arpthark]

Silverplated Sanders/Cerveny Piggy CC


Cerveny 601 CC


Hirsbrunner "Yorkbrunner" CC




Tony Halloin's Yorkbrunner


Rudi Meinl 6/4 BBb vs. Yorkbrunner


Hirsbrunner HB-12 F tuba


Carson McTeer's Gronitz PCK


PCK in raw brass

edit: gotta run now, but more to come later. Enjoy all the pics (and the ones on the previous page, too!)

[LeMark]

I think I have a bunch of cerveny pics saved on my hard drive

[hrender]

I saved a bunch of pics as well from the old board. I imagine a lot of them are on Klaus's (now Donn's) photo archives, but I'll try to upload some when I get the time.

[Gaston]

Hello,

I've just discovered these pages, superb photos, thank you !

I'm looking for photos of the ALEXANDER 151 tenor tuba, but the C-pitched model (reference 151MH).
This model hasn't been manufactured for a long time (several decades ?)
Does anyone have any ?

And if you have any technical details on this version, I'd also be interested.

Thanks in advance !

[catgrowlB]

People and Places



William Webster, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 1937 (string-linkage Alexander BBb)

Those are some fascinating photos. But the mpc that William Webster was using in the Detroit Symphony back in the 1930s looks very interesting. What do you think that mpc was made from? Ceramic or something else? Was nylon available way back then for mouthpieces?

[arpthark]

Thanks for bumping this old thread of mine. I do have more pics stored somewhere but I’d have to dig the portable hard drives back out.

I’ve often wondered about that white mouthpiece. Conn and others were experimenting with plastics during that time. Bakelite?

[catgrowlB]

^ It could very well be Bakelite. I had no idea Bakelite was invented in 1907 -- pretty much the first synthetic plastic Some old Bakelite stuff is worth pretty good money these days. It's just amazing to me that other materials have been used in tuba mouthpieces for longer than I had thought.

Lots of interesting section photos and tubas in this thread

[prodigal]

^ It could very well be Bakelite. I had no idea Bakelite was invented in 1907 -- pretty much the first synthetic plastic Some old Bakelite stuff is worth pretty good money these days. It's just amazing to me that other materials have been used in tuba mouthpieces for longer than I had thought.

Lots of interesting section photos and tubas in this thread

There are some flyreels made from Bakelite (AL Walker) that are worth some coin. (Too pretty to fish.)

[Heavy_Metal]

People and Places



William Webster, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 1937 (string-linkage Alexander BBb)

Those are some fascinating photos. But the mpc that William Webster was using in the Detroit Symphony back in the 1930s looks very interesting. What do you think that mpc was made from? Ceramic or something else? Was nylon available way back then for mouthpieces?

I almost bought an old Alex 164 BBb with that type of string linkage. It needed work, but had some of the shortest strokes I've encountered. Didn't have the white mouthpiece though...................

[Heavy_Metal]

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