Posted by Rick Denney on March 12, 2001 at 17:54:52:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Early Tubas In U.S. posted by anon on March 12, 2001 at 17:34:50:
You mean the trombacello? No, that was an American (read: British) name, from Boston I believe.
The Sander may be the horn pictured with Helleberg, though I have only hearsay backing that up. It looked like a typical 4/4 contrabass and could almost be a current model. I've seen another picture of a vintage Sander that had a different look, but I also know that Helleberg owned and used a Sander.
Rick "still wondering who made the first front-action piston contrabass" Denney