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by iHeartLowBrass
Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:06 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Cerveny Tubas
Replies: 21
Views: 1983

Re: Cerveny Tubas

hrender wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:11 pmI saw that one. The CBB-684 model looks interesting. I'm curious how it plays (response and intonation) and sounds.
This is the post that got me interested in this horn in the first place:
http://forums.chisham.com/viewtopic.php?p=646065

Other than that, I know nothing.
by iHeartLowBrass
Wed Jan 05, 2022 4:05 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Cerveny Tubas
Replies: 21
Views: 1983

Re: Cerveny Tubas

FWIW there are new Cervenys in stock at multiple European shops, according to their websites, for example:
https://www.musikhaus-geiger.de/Cerveny ... anguage=en
by iHeartLowBrass
Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:50 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?
Replies: 66
Views: 5588

Re: If you could buy a new tuba, would you?

I would never buy a new car because of how quickly they depreciate. Musical instruments, not the same. Aesthetically I like older tubas, but I have a weird premonition that I'll be taking a serious look at a new 496 or similar large rotary BBb in a couple of years.
by iHeartLowBrass
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:53 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Merry Christmas to me!
Replies: 16
Views: 617

My "Just found a box of 25 tuba mouthpieces while putting away my elf costume" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
by iHeartLowBrass
Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:34 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Recording in your apartment - How good can it get?
Replies: 17
Views: 918

FWIW here's that recording above the bell fed through the default Audacity reverb, settings midway between their medium and large room presets, then normalized to peak at 0 dB:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKKwBH ... nZlLA/view
by iHeartLowBrass
Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:46 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Recording in your apartment - How good can it get?
Replies: 17
Views: 918

Re: Recording in your apartment - How good can it get?

And just like that I'm back on my vault-the-common-rooms pipe dream
:gaah:
by iHeartLowBrass
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:03 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Recording in your apartment - How good can it get?
Replies: 17
Views: 918

I live in a 1950s ranch-style with 8 foot ceilings. I've tried various schemes for getting "room sound" e.g. put the mic in the adjacent room, across the room, etc, but the space is just too small and there's all kind of weird resonances and quirks. Not to mention noise from within and outside the ...
by iHeartLowBrass
Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:01 pm
Forum: For Sale or Trade: Tubas, Euphoniums, Mouthpieces, and Accessories
Topic: [Traded] Alexander 163 CC
Replies: 66
Views: 6852

Re: [Traded] Alexander 163 CC

Rudolph Meinl 4/4 or a B&S 101

I realize this isn't fair bc I chose 2
by iHeartLowBrass
Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:57 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: At a Crossroads with Playing....
Replies: 63
Views: 3119

Re: At a Crossroads with Playing....

I have this weird feeling that the 495 Hagen might be the answer but I've never seen them available in the U.S.
by iHeartLowBrass
Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:17 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Brass Shout
Replies: 3
Views: 292

Re: Brass Shout

*logs on to Discogs*

Don Butterfield also on this nice one: