Re: upright bell for old conn tuba


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Posted by Lew on October 24, 2002 at 08:50:09:

In Reply to: upright bell for old conn tuba posted by Tom Mason on October 24, 2002 at 05:50:13:

Maybe Rob can give you information about the model. This looks like an old Conn Grand Orchestral. The serial number mentioned in the ad would date this from about 1918, rather than the 1966 he mentioned. A 1966 serial number would have 5 digits preceded by the letter H.

If this has the same size collar as a 2XJ you may be able to have a bell made to fit this, or at least find an original upright bell that might fit. There are a lot of people looking for upright bells for large Conns and they are hard to come by. Even so, it looks like a 2XJ bell may be too large for this. You might check some of the other shops listed on this site, and Borodi music in Cleveland seems to have quite a few large Conns, so they might have a bell that would work.


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