Re: Old picture of the Conn Factory


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Posted by Mike L on December 29, 2002 at 13:57:26:

In Reply to: Old picture of the Conn Factory posted by Jeff Hicks on December 28, 2002 at 22:52:19:

That picture is from the Conn postcard set that was sold by the factory. Several sources date the set to about 1913 to 1915.

As of 1915, the side action horns being cataloged were the 20J "Giant", the 28J "Monster", and the 34J (BB-flat) and 36J (CC) "Orchestra Grand". But a look through the catalogs reveals a number of tuba designs other than those advertised (As but one example, I've never seen an ad for any of their rotary valve horns; and pictures of players in the catalogs show several different designs of rotary horns.)



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