OK, correction: 2.54 cm/2= 1.27 cm
Hubert

If and when, Bloke, .....then you will have a problem: how to sell your expensive mutes????
Hubert

:eyes: :huh: https://imgur.com/a/ZSGkKDz A disk of plywood, about the size of the bell; made a handgrip into it; moved it over the bell to find the position I most liked (sound and intonation), holding it in that position draw a pencil-line onto the plywood around the bell, stapled a piece of ...

Nasty stuff. Instead of it I nowadays use woolgrease (lanolin): cheaper, effective, nAtural and durable.
Hubert

FS: 6/4 Piston F-tuba, copied from B&S MRP F-tuba. Produced by Siermanmusic Beijing (see website Siermanmusic.com) under the name Sierman Mars F-tuba. [There is more info about Sierman tubas on this forum]. The tuba offered here was bought 2 years ago from Musikhaus Erwin Schmid at Neubrunn ...

Thanks a lot, Matt. Very helpful. Now I will manage.

And thanks a lot for the magnificent tuba you designed. Every day a pleasure to play!!!

Hubert
Best from The Netherlands.

Thanks, Kingrob. Have learned a lot from your and previous posts.
Best,
Hubert

Thanks a lot.
Indeed, I am often doing the "gymnastics" Shovelingtom mentions. But even then....But, there are solutions left, as I understand...
Best,
Hubert

Thanks a lot, Bloke.
FYI: Already years ago I have taken to heart your lessons on removing lime etc. on a regular basis. It feels like my tubas are happy after every "caressing shower".
Hubert

This tuba is a pleasure and a privilige to play. But one issue is bothering me: water is collecting very fast on different places, from where it causes the awful "gargling" sound. Is there anyone of you, who recognizes this and has some advice for me? Adding water keys (originally there is only one ...

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/ ... 485-74-710

Hubert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmY1TlVSZUQ.
In action,
Hubert

Thanks, Arpthark, happy times, when parents educated their youngsters to accept instructions like that
Hubert

The advertisement on Kleinanzeigen Germany comes from Ulrich Haas, a tuba professional (a.o. member of the Melton/Meinl Weston Tuba Quartet). In short it says: Very young copy of HB388/Adams F tuba, silverplated, as new. Very good and easy intonation, perfect sound for solo work, with bigger ...

Thanks, Arpthark and BRS, for your "interpretation" and complements.. Sorry for the lack of clarity in my message. If someone is interested, I have a WORKING email-address of a sales person at Tianjin Frater Instruments, the distributor of the Yamaha and Hirsbrunner/Adams copies. Please, send PM ...

Yesterday I have seen a recent copy of the Hirsbrunner 388/Adams piston F-tuba. Looks like a fine instrument. Very well made. Owner was positive about it. From the same producer as the Yamaha 621 F-tuba, that was discussed here earlier (Tianjin Jessy Musical Instruments). At the moment there is one ...

FYI: There are 2 Rotts offered on Wallapop Spain(es.wallapop.com).
Regards from The Netherlands,
Hubert

Today I have seen a looking-alike "almost- copy" of the B&S MRP (PT10?) offered by the renowned shop of tubaspecialist Matthias Vogt at Leipzig in Germany. He is calling it a "Kingler Berger AW-755 F-Tuba". And price is Euro 4990, whereas the price of Erwin Schmid in Neubrunn (Germany as well) is ...

No, not vociferous. Sound stays "healthy" and does not break up easily in that register.
Addition: I use a Windhager (WHF) mouthpiece (rim JW6, cup C/F6 and shaft E6 = = = inner diameter 32,0 mm, bowl shaped deep cup (44,5 mm), bore 8,4 mm, concave backbore).
Hubert

To Arpthark's question dated January 6th, 2023: I have bought a similar looking FF tuba from Erwin Schmid Musikhaus at Neubrunn, Germany. It is a perfect look-alike of the Schiller Elite FF piston tuba. I think it is not a 100% copy of the B&S MRP, but at least a very good imitation (an "almost ...