09/12/2025
Happy 190th Birthday to the TUBA! 🥳
“The first Bass Tuba was patented in Prussia on September 12, 1835 by Johann Gottfried Moritz and Wilhelm F. Wieprecht (with five of its Berlin pistons). Despite it ending to be the one that would prevail over the others as a precursor to the modern tuba, it would take several years for it to gain real importance. Very similar instruments were developed almost simultaneously, such as the Austrian Bombardon (1833 or even earlier, due to its invention usually attributed to Wenzl Riedl) and the Italian Pelittoni (first with Viennese valves and soon after with rotors), patented a decade later. In 1841 Périnet patented a bass equipped with 4 of his pistons in France, and in 1842 the Cerveny brand was created in the current Czech Republic, with a catalog that, among other things, included Bombardons, Valve-Ophicleides and Contrabass Tubas (from 1845 on).” - Oscar Abella (https://www.oscarabella.com/instruments/first-tubas.html )
Gift to the International Tuba Euphonium Association on our website! These gifts have allowed us to sponsor commissioning contests, commission new works, sponsor members who are in countries of economic crisis, provide seed money for regional and international conferences, and conduct the ongoing business of our association. https://iteaonline.org/giving
