Pretty! And must be a good one if it doesn't start getting flat until above the staff. Better far than flatness starting G-F region. The only other thing about these tubas is how loud they are. Unlike the BBb version which basically never overblows, the volume plateau where the horn is "filled up ...

One common profile of a Ushipper is a motorcycle transporter who can throw some extra junk on top or in-between bikes. It works pretty good. It only gets handled by one guy, instead of multiple transfers in FedEx/UPS so numbers are in your favor. After seeing 2 FedEx doubles set trucks wrecked in ...

Or go nude. The tuba alone is much easier to handle than the tuba in case. Lighter, smaller, better grip in more places. You'll never damage it just carrying it under your arm. You can put a towel over it in the backseat and buckle it in. You would need the hard case however if you ever have to put ...

Let 'em. I'll just continue to smirk after blowing them out of the water with a $1200 discontinued model B&H BBb.

The problem with going bigger: A 6/4 is linearly that much bigger than a 4/4, but sound isn't linear. Sound is logarithmic. So you probably get 50% more output in one sense, but it seems more like 15%. Sometimes that's enough to get some reverberation from the shell or understage pit. But more ...

The problem with going bigger: A 6/4 is linearly that much bigger than a 4/4, but sound isn't linear. Sound is logarithmic. So you probably get 50% more output in one sense, but it seems more like 15%. Sometimes that's enough to get some reverberation from the shell or understage pit. But more ...

Noone else thinks these need a bigger leadpipe? It starts out of the receiver under 0.5" od.

What did you replace it with?

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Trumpets starting to get a little sizzle Conductor give the hand. Tuba uses more than one taste bud to tongue a note Conductor gives the hand Tenor trombone becomes barely audible over the french horns. Conductor gives the hand Bass trombone sounds like chainsaw Conductor waves little circles "more ...

Sousaswag wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:59 pm If this stays under $6K, I'd say someone is getting a deal!

Said the guy bidding $7k last second.

On a sousaphone as I recall left thumb is valve #1. Index, or index and middle combined is valve #2. Valve #3, who even uses that one.

Sees fancy tuba "in" his price range.
Imagines life together.

Basically the same feeling as a girl seeing a tall buff doctor with matching purebred dogs and a personal airplane on Tinder.

This entire genre of instruments doesn't really "work". Intonation is way off by the top and the bottom of the staff, so really no more
usable low range than a trumpet. The newest mellophones from Yamaha are better, and maybe the British tenor horn which sounds like a muffled trombone.

Gotta love these posts "I would like to sell my Chinese tuba with major dents for the value of TWO okay used cars. OR: trade for an MW!"

Looks really small. Nearly euphonium-small. Could be small-but-mighty if it makes a noise that carries, but it's not gonna have any low end.

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Anything that old is of marginal utility. It's probably gorgeous, because a lot of man-hours went into its construction back then, but those men...A didn't have the best tools or B didn't know exactly scientifically what they were doing. The earliest tubas that work to modern standards, to modern ...

What then would be a good opening mouthpipe dimension for a 11/16" bore tuba?

Those things are so awful. The "new" Yamaha is pretty much the last word in contras, the non convertible one. Way easier to move see and throw around, and imo the 4th valve is not worth a dime out on the field. the King sound is missed but really you need the King baritones alongside and they have ...