Re: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba


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Posted by mike teague on July 08, 1999 at 08:16:44:

In Reply to: Bohland and Fuchs F tuba posted by Brian Crim on July 07, 1999 at 22:10:54:

1870 partnership with Bohland an Martin Fuchs, who became sole owner in 1886.The first factory in Austria-Hungary to use steam power and massed- production techniques. In 1912 they had a workforce of 200 and 500 by 1925. They became nationalized in 1945. Aparently the area around Graslitz later Kraslice was known for its copper deposits.The Mirafone catalog used to tell the story of the craftsmen who left Graslitz during the war to form the Mirafone co.


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