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- Tue Jun 18, 2024 2:51 am
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: 'original mouthpiece' for a 1950s Imperial tuba
- Replies: 1
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'original mouthpiece' for a 1950s Imperial tuba
I love my 1950s Imperial BBb bass (with three valves and a brilliant 17 inch bell). I play it with a Wick 1 and we make beautiful music together. I think it is the most in-tune tuba I've played. Does anyone know what the standard mouthpiece-of-the-time would have been? Did it come from the factory w...
- Sat May 18, 2024 1:54 am
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: Sandner Subkontra C-Tuba
- Replies: 4
- Views: 535
Re: Sandner Subkontra C-Tuba
"Tubaspielen ist sexy"
best thing i have ever read on the internet. i feel seen!
best thing i have ever read on the internet. i feel seen!
- Sat May 04, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: For Sale or Trade: Tubas, Euphoniums, Mouthpieces, and Accessories
- Topic: WTT: RT50+ for PT/RT88
- Replies: 2
- Views: 154
Re: WTT: RT50+ for PT/RT88
I have one, but can't pm. where are you located?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:00 am
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: a type of music that you've never played that you wish you had played or wish that you do play?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1506
Re: a type of music that you've never played that you wish you had played or wish that you do play?
i think playing bagpipes in a highland pipe band would be excellent.
i have seen some 'massed bands' doing scotland the brave / amazing grace / other cool stuff on youtube. pretty epic!
articulating with my fingers would also be perfect for my current technical ability...
i have seen some 'massed bands' doing scotland the brave / amazing grace / other cool stuff on youtube. pretty epic!
articulating with my fingers would also be perfect for my current technical ability...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:31 pm
- Forum: Repairs & Modifications
- Topic: My 25J got a better-than-new overhaul and it is now the best tuba in the world
- Replies: 8
- Views: 658
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:56 am
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: Crossroads annual concert: Facebook post
- Replies: 3
- Views: 113
Re: Crossroads annual concert: Facebook post
is it possible to copy the text of the post for people not on Facebook?
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:16 am
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: Eb Tuba Mouthpiece question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1467
Re: Eb Tuba Mouthpiece question
Cups: x-small cup Kellyberg cup Shanks: small shank euro shank When I have time in the future and don't forget, I'll maybe create a new post. Similar to the posts like your section photo, instruments in your collection etc. And make it a post about what's your current mouthpiece collection. I'll in...
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: Eb Tuba Mouthpiece question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1467
Re: Eb Tuba Mouthpiece question
i use a denis wick '2' in my Imperial BBb 3 valve compensator... i think it's around 1954-ish. the cheapest place i could get it from (including all the shipping stuff) was https://www.thomann.de (i find the 2 a little bit too narrow for my fat lips. i really want a pt-50 that's got a little shank b...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:24 pm
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: Sovereign BBb (or, "it's not too late to compensate")
- Replies: 9
- Views: 544
Re: Sovereign BBb (or, "it's not too late to compensate")
thanks for your replies! i am delighted with my old 3 valve imperial BBb with a 17 inch bell...i just want 4 valves and a 19 inch bell (i wouldn't say no to a 24inch bell, like on a conn 25j). i've never seen an imperial in that configuration, they must be quite rare...if anyone has one for sale let...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:03 pm
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: Sovereign BBb (or, "it's not too late to compensate")
- Replies: 9
- Views: 544
Sovereign BBb (or, "it's not too late to compensate")
hi forum (sorry this is a bit targeted to brass bandies) does anyone have experience with newer sovereign BBb basses made in the past ~10 years or so? i've played one from the 80s that was really bad, and one from the early 2000s that was quite good. has anything changed much? i see that the current...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:16 am
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: No Tuxes
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2336
Re: No Tuxes
i am just waiting for orchestras to get flashy matching jackets like brass bands. then we would be talking
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: Music Chatter
- Topic: vintage tuba illness
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1136
Re: vintage tuba illness
i have had a nice time with some old boosey + hawkes imperial tubas. if you are into that sound concept and enjoy compensating with 3 valves (sometimes 4) they are often really nice players! 17 inch bells for BBbs and 15 inch bells for the EEbs. complete with nice engravings. (i admit fully to grass...