Did an African American invent the tuba? If so who?

Question

My son has to do a project on the African american who invented the tuba. I have searched all over the web and can't find anything. Please help.

Answer 1

Here's something I found: "The first tuba was actually made in Germany by a composer named Richard Wagner."

I found it here:
http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/tuba.htm

Here's another site you might find helpful:

http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etenorhorn/tubahistory.html