A French tuba, tenor tuba, euphonium, 0952 4 rotary valves,

[MegaCheeseMilk]

WOOO!! made in china!!

[rwhit9351]

Isn't this called a wagner tuba?

[beebeemak]

It's the most convincing description i've ever received. Thank you!

[9696rose]

This is not a french tuba - (which is a piston valve instrument in C, with 5 or 6 valves.)

This looks to be vintage Tenor Horn/Baryton German style instrument circa 1925-1935. (by the shape of the spatulas and the spring mechanisms for the valves. I have a V.F. Czervany (circa 1900-1915) with the exact same wrap and valve cluster, with older style valve springs inside rotary casings. The Czervany is in "high" (military) pitch (a=450-455).

[beebeemak]

What's 1920 mean? Is it a music shop? How do you play your instrument? Do you treat it as a baritone horn, an euphonium, a tenor tuba or an ophecleide?

[Thermionman1970]

I just bought one of these from 1920 !! It will need a couple hundred dollars to remove the dents etc. but will probably sound awesome on recordings with lots of reverb!

[beebeemak]

I cannot comment whether it is german or bohemian though german trumpet uses rotary instead of piston, and I don't know what is bohemian. However, you're absolutely right that it's not a Wagner tuba which has much smaller bore & blown with horn mouthpiece.

[euphi451]

no, thats no wagner tuba - its a right hand played german bariton horn in bohemian style

[tubagod111]

It's a Wagner Tuba. Wagner invented it to create a tone quality in between a french horn and a trombone. It's hardly ever used, but it has a really cool effect if you use it right.