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Silver 3-valve compensating E flat tuba
– additional information

Tuba in back garden. A few dents visible in this shot

At the bottom of the picture, the brass tubes are professional extensions to bring it down to today's standard pitch, A=440

Tuba shown with the six-year-old great-niece of the late music-teacher whose pupils will benefit from the sale proceeds

Not much wrong with the bell!

The four tuning slides removed

The pistons removed

Valves and compensating tube-work – a fair-sized dent shown here

A similar shot to the above, showing the pretty good state of the silver plating

Tuba standing

This is the most conspicuous dent – an Achilles heel of tubas that topple over on cobbled squares after a silver-band recital

The valve-block

Underneath of valve-block

Water-key

Another water-key

Mouthpiece and lead-pipe, if that's the right term

Mouthpiece ... only the shank is less-than shiny