Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
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Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
This Tuba Tuesday the Museum features a BBb Silver Plated Holton Sousaphone from 1936 with three Holton ‘short action’ piston valves. Some floral engraving on bell around identification marks.
https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... saphone-2/
https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... saphone-2/
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
Sorry for not being on the ball and pointing out these are short action pistons.
Mmmm... Short Action!
Edit: apparently i'm illiterate and didn't read the description.
Nevermind.
(and i guess i always wish folk would wallow in the coolness of short action, and display pictures of how cool the pistons are, but they do exist elsewhere)
Sorry!
Mmmm... Short Action!
Edit: apparently i'm illiterate and didn't read the description.
Nevermind.
(and i guess i always wish folk would wallow in the coolness of short action, and display pictures of how cool the pistons are, but they do exist elsewhere)
Sorry!
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
Someone in marketing really dropped the ball.
I would have called them "fast-action!"
I would have called them "fast-action!"
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
Or quick valves? Play notes 10% faster!Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:13 am Someone in marketing really dropped the ball.
I would have called them "fast-action!"
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
"Your lips wont be able to keep up with your fingers, all the way down to the vociferous undertones of the subsonic registers!"
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
If notes are played 10% faster, the tuba player could get out of the parking lot before the rest of the musicians were done playing the last movement, yes...??
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
...so you've jumped ship - from being a Mack Brass Artiste to being a Schiller Artiste...??
Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:34 am "Your lips wont be able to keep up with your fingers, all the way down to the vociferous undertones of the subsonic registers!"
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
@bloke While imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I can assure you mockery is not!!
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Re: Tuba Tuesday: Holton BB flat sousaphone, 3 pistons,
...just as limitation is the sincerest form of insult.Three Valves wrote: ↑Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:29 am @bloke While imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I can assure you mockery is not!!