I like my B-flat (and E-flat) tubas either have 5 valves or 4 valves and compensated. I hardly ever push or pull slides, I find false tones and slide pulling utterly slow for what today's composers write for wind band/ brass band. I have added 5th valves to 4 valve instruments for this reason, and ...

He's an amazing tuba player!
Do check out his etude books https://vikentios-tuba.com/product-cate ... ude-books/
You can find some example etudes here: https://www.youtube.com/@VikentiosGionanidis/videos

With hollow rotor construction you mean like these that Dan Oberloh made?

http://www.oberloh.com/gallery/rotaryva ... onpage.htm

Nice tuba Bram!
We could do a side-by-side comparison with my kaiser tuba once maybe...

The company Leopold Müller GmbH is the industry reference: https://www.mueller-lack.com/ Closer North is probably Büchel in Bonn, they offer Lacquering on their website, but I don't know if they do it themselves: https://buechelmusik.de/unsere-taetigkeiten/ Also Adams in the Netherlands can offer t ...

Slightly off-topic, but this guy's videos are all about Bach's handwriting calligraphy, great stuff!
Some very nice insights in differences between the original compared to copied versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NFFiFLWRF0&t=5s

the elephant wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:46 pm
Again, I have lots to think about.

Ciao, y'all.

If all people would think a bit more, the world would be a better place!

You rock Elephant, keep 'em coming

but the tone is richer/thicker on the york. I play my N Star with fairly large (Bb/CC) mouthpieces, like a Tilz M1 or TheBerlinerTuba's Helleberg copy. It will never sound as fat as my Besson/ B&H Eb but it does give the Miraphone some nice deeper voice. Did I mention I LOVE my Norwegian Star ...

I played the big BBb at Klingspor in Freiburg couple of years ago and it's a great instrument, I wouldn't mind owning one as my big tuba!
(Andreas is a nice guy as well!)

I would personally not buy any tuba like this without trying it though...

Es ist offensichtlich, dass die Werkstatt nur Tuben für Amateure und Studenten herstellt, da dort keine Kontrabasstuben in C-Länge aufgeführt sind. :thumbsup: ... :laugh: This kaiser is really handsome... https://www.hsm-brass.de/tuben/b-kaisertuba.jpg Here's the sound check: https://www.youtube.co ...

They look fabulous Jake!

That's just how I hold my E-flat 3 + 1 comp. I appreciate the picture demonstration. It's easy to be grateful that someone is doing such a good job of showing how easy it is to hold and play - specifically - a product that I sell, but really it's sort of like the left-wing // right-wing thing: you ...

The last time I used my bike (wearing a black suit) was when I had a VERY limited time to get from here to here: - jump on my bike and RIDE (in my black suit, with the tuba on my back) past ALL of the .5 mph cars jammed up on campus (with a whole bunch of people heard saying to each other: "We ...

Melton 200

Like these:

http://www.oberloh.com/gallery/rotaryva ... onpage.htm

I use The Berliner Tuba BT-H Helleberg copy on my Miraphone Norwegian Star. (Solo or quintet)
The Tilz Nea M1 also does a good job on that tuba, when it needed a bit more push.

For the B&H Imperial Eb I use a Tilz WH-B1. (for Brassband)

But that's just my 2 eurocents ...

Hirsbrunner HBS 192 BBb with 5 valves (rotary).

At Foden's we have 2 Yamaha's (BBb) and 2 Besson EEb in the section. Personally, I've tried many different tubas in brass bands, and no one frowns upon it but they just don't work as well as a 3+1 comp for the full on stuff. Blend, technical passages, sound are all better FOR THIS SETTING. I've ...

I believe if you see really little people - like 10 years old - playing tuba, they'll appear more comfortable playing top valves. It's the way to go. Not on a Besson BBb 3+1 compensator... they would need to choose either blowing into the mouthpiece or touching the valves, but not at the same time ...

bloke wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 10:37 am unknown territory for me.
Are there any contrabass ones that are easily playable and still sound like a trombone - rather than a euphonium or tuba...??

Yes, Mike Johnson Custom, in every key you want:
Bass and contrabass, rotor or piston, compensated or not and even a full double Eb-Bb version!