Posted by Carl on June 10, 1999 at 00:08:26:
In Reply to: Re: Largest Tuba posted by 2165 wins! on June 09, 1999 at 19:24:14:
>If there is a second 50cm bell mandrel used by Nirschel or Hirsbrunner, it may be a >different taper, but it appears to be basically the same size as the one used by Meinl >Weston and the VMI...
Huh? If the taper's different, how can they be "the same size", unless you're only talking about bell rim diameter? Anyway, there's also a 55cm mandrel somewhere, cuz Josef Monke of Koln has been making his own York-copy for years, with a 55cm bell.