Nice to hear it in action
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZ ... zIwNTE5NzU
Sandner Subkontra C-Tuba
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Re: Sandner Subkontra C-Tuba
It is indeed nice to hear it in action - thanks so much for sharing this link!
Two things, however - a question, and a clarification:
1. Looking at this horn, is it really a subcontrabass tuba in C? That would require 32 feet of main tubing, and I don't see that.
2. Regardless, it is definitely not "the largest tuba in the world," as it suggested in the video - there are at least a couple of extant subcontrabass tubas that are larger than this one. This is something I've been digging into in recent years. Here's my introductory blog post on these giants: https://tubapastor.blogspot.com/2021/01 ... tubas.html
Two things, however - a question, and a clarification:
1. Looking at this horn, is it really a subcontrabass tuba in C? That would require 32 feet of main tubing, and I don't see that.
2. Regardless, it is definitely not "the largest tuba in the world," as it suggested in the video - there are at least a couple of extant subcontrabass tubas that are larger than this one. This is something I've been digging into in recent years. Here's my introductory blog post on these giants: https://tubapastor.blogspot.com/2021/01 ... tubas.html
Played an F. E. Olds 4-valve BBb in high school (late '70s)
Led the USC Trojan Marching Band tuba section (early '80s)
Now playing an F. Schmidt (=VMI) 3301 and goofing around
on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!
Led the USC Trojan Marching Band tuba section (early '80s)
Now playing an F. Schmidt (=VMI) 3301 and goofing around
on a 1925 Pan American Sousaphone and an 1899 Conn tuba!
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TheBerlinerTuba
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Re: Sandner Subkontra C-Tuba
Hi Dave,
thank you for the further info! I'm a big fan
You are correct, it's a contrabass CC like any standard CC tuba however the bell and bows are "extra wide". It was simply misleading marketing from Sandner around 1900.
The journalist and film crew certainly didn't do their due dilligence, and I'll forward your article to them.
thank you for the further info! I'm a big fan
You are correct, it's a contrabass CC like any standard CC tuba however the bell and bows are "extra wide". It was simply misleading marketing from Sandner around 1900.
The journalist and film crew certainly didn't do their due dilligence, and I'll forward your article to them.
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