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3 in the living room,1 in the extra bedroom and 2 in the garage. There's always room for 1 more (almost).

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:06 pm

Schlepporello wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:57 pm

Schlepporello wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:12 pm
I know where I can pick up a 321 for $1800 locally.

By the way, I almost bought it for myself just so it would have a good home. But I already have 6 tubas in a 2-bedroom house.

You must have bunk beds.
Tim

Built with tubafours.

Doc wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:42 am

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:06 pm

Schlepporello wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:57 pm
By the way, I almost bought it for myself just so it would have a good home. But I already have 6 tubas in a 2-bedroom house.

You must have bunk beds.
Tim

Built with tubafours.

I've already posted two pictures with two tubas...but here's a third with a third tuba.
I pulled out the F tuba (plenty loud, and no tuba is going to compete with an organ - with all the stops pulled out) for The Saint-Saëns "Organ" Symphony tonight (two shows), and for a new overture - with a part mostly written in and at the top of the staff.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 8339803553

More interesting (possibly...??) is how spread out is the low brass section to this orchestra.
Needless to say, we can never "hang", unless it's for a meal in the city where the venue is located.
(The two farthest-apart gents live over a 5-hrs. drive away from each other...)

Playing the OTS in a group I've never played with because I was told they needed a tuba player.

Doc wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:38 pmThe Blokespecial 186

This looks taller than my 188, somehow.

jtm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:48 pm

Doc wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:38 pmThe Blokespecial 186

This looks taller than my 188, somehow.

It’s all in the camera angle (and camera distortion up close).

I’ve had the most luck standing farther away and zooming in rather than just standing close...

the elephant wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:57 pm The 188 is shorter than the 186 by a couple of inches.

Ah. Thanks. I didn't realize that. The only 186 I had to compare it with is BBb with a Yamaha bell. The 188 does seem really compact, though.

I deleted that comment because the currently made 186 and 188 are the same length, I think. I think the original 188 and the classic 186 *might* have been a little different in length, but can't really remember. The one photo I have of the next to one another shows them to be the same, but I do not remember that being the case.

Anyway, that is why my comment disappeared. I think it was incorrect.

the elephant wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:17 am I deleted that comment because the currently made 186 and 188 are the same length, I think. I think the original 188 and the classic 186 *might* have been a little different in length, but can't really remember. The one photo I have of the next to one another shows them to be the same, but I do not remember that being the case.

Anyway, that is why my comment disappeared. I think it was incorrect.

This is the best resource I've seen for Miraphone comparisons:

http://www.daveamason.com/mirafone/cctubas.html

This could be the same one Wade is thinking about, because these are also vintage instruments.

Me (far left), the Eastman 832 CC, and my brass ensemble at the Stonington Lobster Trap Tree this past winter...



The lead cornet player is a brass bandsman since age 9 and a very fine player.

The other tuba player is playing a Weril 3/4 BBb.

Mostly submarine engineers... and me, with the token music degree.

It was very cold, and I was using a clear plastic Kellyberg while everyone else's lips froze off.

The day I brought home my Martin Mammoth:



Years ago, my Holton (bell on a King 2341) with my son Holton:



My Martin Medium Eb helicon:



Previously posted in this thread, but just so they're all here in one place, my Franken Eb:

Tubajug wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:45 pm The day I brought home my Martin Mammoth:

Caption: "It's a major award!"

Principal Sousaphonist and Assistant Principal Sousaphonist, Mystic, CT Spring Stroll.

arpthark wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 1:39 pm

Principal Sousaphonist and Assistant Principal Sousaphonist, Mystic, CT Spring Stroll.

Daisy BB-gun

1936 king Bb. 1996ish Meinl Weston 2145.

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This kinda doesn't count since it's not my tuba, but here's the bandwagon at the parade, Great American Brass Band Festival 2024, Danville, KY.

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