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I have a Huttl 800 series tuba, and I was wondering about date of maufacture, etc, just the general history of this instrument, I can find no serial number on it, so far as I can tell, just: Made By Huttl, Regd. Western Germany, Line 800 Chris-Kratt Instrument CO. INC. Union, N.J.
Anton Konrad Huttl started his company in 1877. The company advertised in 1913 that they had the largest most modern factory in Austria-Hungary and Germany.
In 1945, the company was Nationalized, and they relocated in South Wales. Huttl, had a factory one in Canada that closed down in the 1970s. Those horns, said Western Germany presumably Baiersdorf, Germany.
The Chris Kratt Instrument Company was an import business marketing Huttl instruments.
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Kenton Scott
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