Bump for additional price cut. This horn is large but lightweight and responsive.

Perhaps the best execution of this concept was TUBA! A Six-Tuba Musical Romp put together by Gerhard Meinl in 1992.

Martin Mammoth. The 3 upright piston models have surprisingly good intonation and very usable false tones. More sound than you will ever need but very agile.

Anybody remember "Will Harvey's Music Construction Set"?
It came out in the early 80's and I remember using it to transcribe a Bari Sax part on my Atari 800 because my 6th or 7th grade self couldn't wrap my head around changing the clef, key signature, and accidentals.

MiBrassFS wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:55 am Well, shoot, and I just taped down the 4th valve on my Eb sousaphone, too.

Nah, you need a custom B natural tuba for The Ride.

bloke wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:34 pm simply to buy 10 lb frozen bags of chicken thighs,10 lb chubs of 70% meat hamburger, chicken bologna, and raman noodles...

yeah, but what about lunch the next day?

Now THAT's a 4/4 tuba!!!

bloke wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:33 pm I changed my mind...
...but I can't reveal the answer, because - if y'all buy them too - I will not longer have the upper hand when we all audition...

I'm still waiting for your 6/4 B Natural tuba for the audition circuit. When the cloners get a hold of it, it will be named "Ride."

I always seem to prefer bigger over smaller, so this it what I found: a nearly century old Conn BBb that would be considered 4/4+ It is similar in size to a 4/4 Nirschl or PT606/GR41 but with a little more bell - 20" with a constant flare to the end, no pancake; it is bigger than a 56J/G50. This is ...

@Tubajug, great spot, the leadpipe is removable! It's very nifty. I remember reading that some of these came with 2 leadpipes from the factory, though I only have the 1. It does make cleaning really easy though! I had the 2nd loop added circa 1990. Foolish ute that I was, I naively asked the ...

donn wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:35 am but I have a hunch it's a futile pursuit.

Ah, now you are getting the point of this post...
Still interesting to see the answers

This could be an interesting exercise to see what other people write, keeping things generic and not specific to brands/models: The best... CC tuba is a BBb F tuba is a 3/4 CC 6/4 tuba is a 5/4 Lacquer is unlacquered Bydlo tuba is a euphonium Sousaphone is a recording bell tuba Recording bell tuba ...

YBB-321/201 When I taught H.S. math for three years and assisted with the band, I was trying to explain to their (otherwise outstanding) band director why these were not good tubas and he couldn't understand it. He was a WW guy and to him all Yamaha instruments were first rate. Fortunately they had ...

Did I answer? It's the 2155, hands down. No the "13" was for it being in BBb which I believe you have switched to recently. I was a big advocate of BBb for a long time, even playing BBb for most of my limited conservatory training. Some of the best tubas I have ever owned have been BBb - Miraphone ...

40" tall German body, handmade sheet brass, most likely made "between the wars" Piston valveset off an early Meinl Weston 2165 with lightweight Martin Wilk top and bottom valve caps and Sellmansberger valve buttons (aka Bloke Buttons), fully vented 5th rotor from the original instrument (replated ...

I may have found it, and...
it is in BBb! (13!)
More to come later...

Cut it to CC!

Unfortunately I don't. Almost all of my playing this fall has been on the big horn, and I cannot practice where I currently live or work (outside of buzzing at home and in the car.) If anything changes or I am able to take the F to a public place, I will try to get a clip. I had delayed responding ...

jtm wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:39 pm Looks like fun. It still has the long 5th valve circuit, right?

Two tone like the old Mirafones. Pedal F also works with all 6 valves down, and all lower notes can be fingered closer to pitch than with a long wholestep valve where a couple notes are usually far off.