As I said, I wasn't sure what the point was and didn't want to assume it was a troll. Also, some who read and responded to it might have had some genuine interest in some of the significant issues. It took me some time and effort to understand them. I'm still not sure what the point is ...

All this is pretty funny. I'm not sure what the point is, but there are probably genuine bass trombone players (and perhaps a lot of other trombone players) reading this, and just laughing their socks off.

If you think that tenor trombone and bass trombone are very close to being the same ...

I played for maybe 20 years in a couple of community bands of about that size (40+ members), and found that my Cerveny 781 was more than adequate for the task, even if I was the only tuba that showed up.

By way of contrast, when I decided to abandon the BBb world and go with a large Eb horn (Wessex ...

If you dent the bottom bow flat enough, you don't have to worry about setting them down on their bells.

Yeah, but in many cases (particularly of older tubas) that's very difficult to do because of the heavy protective plate that's soldered at exactly that point to prevent exactly that sort of ...

Those bell rims are not planar, and - this - the tubas can rock back and forth.

Yeah. But also -- and I've never had a tuba that rocked in that way -- there can simply be an issue with the center of gravity of the instrument, which makes putting it on its bell a very tenuous situation. It doesn ...

bloke wrote: Fri Feb 27, 2026 11:45 am These are (what I believe to be) my three most valuable/important tubas.
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They STAY just about like THIS most ALL the time

They look great -- and safe. My Cerveny 781 (not quite a 16" bell) was not sufficiently stable to leave it on its bell like that.

Little fold out floor stands that support tuba with the bells facing up (shown above)... Those scare the crap out of me, and I would never use one, regardless of whether it's German made or Chinese made.

I wouldn't put my tuba on that stand and walk away from it. But if it's a choice between ...

I will only put my horn down on its bell if and only if there is zero traffic around said location.


:thumbsup: I got to the point of always bringing my tuba floor stand with me. If there's room enough to put it on its bell, then there's room enough to put it on the floor stand (which ...

To be clear; this is not mine. I saw this photo online and thought it was way over engineered and totally not worth the effort.

Well, that might depend on its precise goals and circumstances. However, there does appear to be enough of a market for them that the company making them -- as "the ...

You have to admit though, that the boat cushion down the bell probably won't fit either. Maybe a folding boat cushion would.

Or a blow-up cushion -- but those are too much of a pain to use and I've never found one that works well. :eyes: Also, you can look for cushions that hunters use in tree ...

harrell wrote: Tue Feb 17, 2026 11:56 am The pitch is quite good. It is indicated "LP" low pitch but it sits just right on a tuner at 440.

Yeah, the "LP" designation by itself is ambiguous. Apparently for Buescher it sometimes meant "440" and sometimes "435". You got lucky on that.

Mark wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 7:41 pm Here is a simple solution and you can fit it down the bell of your tuba.

Umm ... I tried to put a chair in my tuba once and it just wouldn't fit.

A decent floatation "boat cushion" is perhaps more effective and not difficult to transport.

But ... Nice woodworking job!

I've seen some big boys holding Eb Basses as if they were a Euphonium.

How you can hold this kind of horn comfortably and without strain depends a lot on your body proportions. I think it's particularly poorly designed, except perhaps for marching -- British style, in one of those tuba sacks ...

Just looking at that picture, I can feel gravity pulling that big bell down on my right side as I struggle to hold the horn and play it.

How's the pitch? Low pitch? High pitch? Exactly what pitch? :tuba:

What's it say on the your 2nd valve cylinder? On my 1924 Eb Buescher, the serial number is on the front of the 2nd valve cylinder at the top, just below the cap. Just below the serial number is 'LP' (low pitch), and it turns out it ...

What you describe is what caused me to make my own (adjustable) sit-on stand. The problem is getting that horn high enough so you're not hunching or bending forward while playing it -- which is what's putting the strain on your neck and shoulders. For even moderately tall people, the lead pipe just ...

So you're thinking that this might be a low pitch instrument? I think that might be a bit odd in the 1940s, but maybe ... Did you attempt to determine the pitch to which it was built -- or just go ahead and try to raise it?

It took me some effort to determine that my 1924 Buescher Eb was pitched to ...

The more I look at the pictures of this horn and compare it to various Cervenys, the more I'm convinced that it is some early version of an Opera: the geometry, relative sizes and positions of the slides, and the mechanism for the 5th valve. I just can't find an image of one with those 'S' rods on ...

Late 1800s to early 1900s Bohemian rotary valves look a lot different than what’s posted.

The 'S' linkages on this tuba are virtually identical to those on my 1965 Amati oval euph -- except mine has only a single "spur" at the midpoint of each, while this tuba has a spur on each side of the S ...

From the picture of the bell and the „CSSR“ reference, the tuba is not older than 1960 as the name Československá socialistická republika, ČSSR for Czechoslovakia was introduced 1960.

Nice catch! The AI should have caught that (and I didn't look closely enough to notice it) -- but I use the ...