Finke bariton

[bloke]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175744610874

[bort2.0]

Ooh ... Local...

[bloke]

To me, "needs oiling" means that things don't move freely enough.

Sometimes "needs oiling" means "noisy/loose/worn" to sellers...

...??

[bort2.0]

I enjoyed this quasi non-sequitir:

needs oiling and a new case

[arpthark]

Car needs passenger side headrest dusted and a new engine.

[arpthark]

Wonder who's the manufacturer?

[donn]

likely somewhere in between a baritone, tenor horn, and small tuba, as it plays in the key of Bb but is smaller than the typical tuba or baritone.

10½" bell, 30" tall - looks to me within the euphonium range. Final bell diameter a little small, but maybe more gradual taper.

[bloke]

Wonder who's the manufacturer?

You've not heard of Finke ?

The last I knew, they were still producing instruments.

[arpthark]

Wonder who's the manufacturer?

You've not heard of Finke ?

The last I knew, they were still producing instruments.

Huh, yer right. I figured a stencil. Entschuldigung.

[bort2.0]

The engraving says:

Angefertigt von Helmut Finke
Herford i/w


Made by Helmut Finke
Herford, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia... I'm guessing that's what the "w" is for in i/w... but not sure what the "i" is for.

[bloke]

' hard to imagine not being the same company, if not a descendant or cousin...

Finke Horns e.K.

Industriestraße 17, 32602 Vlotho, Germany

Phone: +49 5228 323

7-4 weekdays

[ThomS]

I have a Finke euphonium with different linkages on the valves and a horizontal main slide at the bottom, so I'm thinking itay be a later model. Anyone have information on its production or howuch it may be worth? What was the preferred mouthpiece used with this horn?