F tuba can work in a community band. It depends mostly on how many are in your section and in the band total. No matter which key of tuba you’re playing, if you’re playing in a band with more than 25 people by yourself, even a 6/4 BBb won’t be enough. For every 25 people in the band 1 of those peopl...

I understand the concept of tone color, which is why I prefer the 4/4 size tubas over the 6/4 horns. In a large lively space, any tuba will sound massive especially if the bell is fairly large and the bore is not too constricting. In dead spaces where the lower overtones get lost, a 6/4 tuba becomes...

Being it a wind band an Eb will be totally buried. Didn't you call those Eb's "small C tubas with a pretty sound". I’ve played my EEb 3+1 in a two piece tuba section with the other guy playing a Miraphone 186. We’ve gotten the hand several times and this was in 50+ member wind ensemble re...

I’ve owned a 6/4 BBb tuba, and I can tell you they don’t really offer more sound out front. Under the bell it sounds massive but once the sound propagates in the hall, all tubas sound massive. I currently play a 3+1 compensating EEb, and that horn sounds massive in the hall. No need for a big tuba, ...