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by bisontuba Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:42 pm
Happy Tuba Tuesday!
In today’s edition, from the Museum, we feature an instrument that might be one of the oldest BBb tubas made in the U.S.: our H. W. Moennig four rotary valve BBb tuba from 1875. The key levers are on the sides of the valves. This is typically seen on civil-war period instruments, like the Foote OTS saxhorn in the collection. This type of construction ceased circa 1880, to be replaced by the modern, rotary valve spatulas, an early version of which can be seen on the Boston Musical Instruments tuba in the collection.
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by Three Valves Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:04 pm
Key levers, now I've seen everything!!
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by bort2.0 Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:38 pm
"This tuba is hard to play"
"Argh, quit yer Moenning!"
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by bisontuba Mon Aug 31, 2026 11:05 pm
Some highlights of the Tuba Museum will be the Tuba Tuesday feature for a bit...
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by arpthark Tue Sep 01, 2026 7:23 am
bisontuba wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2026 11:05 pm
Some highlights of the Tuba Museum will be the Tuba Tuesday feature for a bit...
Thanks for bumping this. And have a happy birthday!!
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by Nemo Tue Sep 01, 2026 10:43 am
And yet Yamaha claims their top-pull main tuning slide is a revolutionary idea...
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by humBell Tue Sep 01, 2026 7:21 pm
arpthark wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2026 7:23 am bisontuba wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2026 11:05 pm
Some highlights of the Tuba Museum will be the Tuba Tuesday feature for a bit...
Thanks for bumping this. And have a happy birthday!!
Did i miss someone's birthday?
How remiss of me...
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bisontuba (Wed Sep 02, 2026 2:13 am)
‘All art is one, man—one!’ said
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