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A Holton mammoth BBb - I'll have knee problems for 1000 Alex...
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I'm not in the picture, but this is the practice space I started on earlier this year. Next step is lighting and getting my filling cabinets in. The bases are just in case of a basement flood, and everything is cat proof!
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lost wrote:Image
A Holton mammoth BBb - I'll have knee problems for 1000 Alex...
Hey, I like that.
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Okay, not exactly my tuba, but I know more about its story than my own horns!
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Played an F. E. Olds 4-valve BBb in high school (late '70s)
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on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!
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Dave Detwiler wrote:Okay, not exactly my tuba, but I know more about its story than my own horns!
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That is one BIG tuba.

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lost wrote:Image
A Holton mammoth BBb - I'll have knee problems for 1000 Alex...
Man, I'd love to have that. And a stand. And a roadie. :hearteyes:
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Which tuba?
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in the midst of weight loss (about twenty-or-so additional pounds ago)...

...This is the 1958 compensating E-flat Besson (with a 19-inch bell made from made-in-England Sterling BB-flat bell).

This is actually a 22" recording bell tuba, but the guys in the band (back before all cruises were cancelled) liked the upright bell better, as the low ceiling in the lounge allowed them to hear the tuba more easily.

Additionally, I have a top-action San Francisco/Cronkhite "Reunion Blues" bag that fits this instrument perfectly, with the 19-inch upright bell, so...

This is not posed...My daughter (who was visiting) took it while we were playing a tune.

Someday, I'd like to slick it out (I also have a 17-inch upright bell for it - made from an early-vintage YBB-201 bell), and re-lacquer it. It currently sports what's left of the original lacquer.

I NEVER pick up this tuba at home, but LOVE playing it on jobs...and (with top-action tubas) I can actually "slouch" and play them - if I choose to do so (as seen).

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Sadly - just after the season ended (and just before the economic shutdown), our clarinet player discovered that he had colon cancer, and passed away very quickly. :smilie6:
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Me with my Hagen 496 in 2017 for the Nutcracker.
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The Blokespecial 186
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The mysterious W. German 4V CC Scherzer. I won't speak of it any more :)

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Me and my Mack 422, 3/4 BBb

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My Alex and me.
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John Packer 379Bb sold to me by Bloke probably two years ago. Didn’t realize I was in the market for a new horn, but you guys know how that works, right? Purchased after consulting with Mark, who raves about the horn, and he was right!
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In the middle of a very fun group taken about one year ago
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I don't have any pics with this horn, but here's a video. My 5/4 BBb Kanstul.

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