Has anyone tried one of these horns? I am not in the market, but it looks interesting - dig that 1st valve wrap. Maybe a bass trombone or cimbasso substitute? Did they just stick a bunch of extra cylindrical tubing on their euphonium body?
Schiller 4-Valve Mini F Tuba
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martyneilan
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Schiller 4-Valve Mini F Tuba
This is not the Travel Tuba or "Bubbie" (update, I may be wrong about that) but has a 12" bell and looks to be more like a true 1/2 size F tuba (assuming the 621 is considered a 3/4).
Has anyone tried one of these horns? I am not in the market, but it looks interesting - dig that 1st valve wrap. Maybe a bass trombone or cimbasso substitute? Did they just stick a bunch of extra cylindrical tubing on their euphonium body?
Has anyone tried one of these horns? I am not in the market, but it looks interesting - dig that 1st valve wrap. Maybe a bass trombone or cimbasso substitute? Did they just stick a bunch of extra cylindrical tubing on their euphonium body?
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Re: Schiller 4-Valve Mini F Tuba
This was actually the first Wessex Bubbie, but there were a lot of complaints about it being stuffy, and not use for much other than warming up on holiday. I also wanted to use this as a bass bone substitute, but it doesn't cut it in that role. The new Wessex Bubbie 5 is a complete redesign with a bigger bore and has another valve. I haven't got one of those, but I hear it's an improvement.
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Re: Schiller 4-Valve Mini F Tuba
You may be right, I had thought the original Bubbie had a smaller bell. I remember it as being almost unplayably stuffy and lack of pitch center in the middle to lower range with a standard tuba mouthpiece.bone-a-phone wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:38 am This was actually the first Wessex Bubbie, but there were a lot of complaints about it being stuffy, and not use for much other than warming up on holiday. I also wanted to use this as a bass bone substitute, but it doesn't cut it in that role. The new Wessex Bubbie 5 is a complete redesign with a bigger bore and has another valve. I haven't got one of those, but I hear it's an improvement.
Here is a picture taken years ago of a first generation Bubbie next to an early incarnation of my 6/4 formerly known as BART:
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Re: Schiller 4-Valve Mini F Tuba
look up the specs on that thing if you can find it. iirc, the bore is smaller than the exterior end of an American tuba shank. I had and sold one of the original Bubbie tubas. They looked exactly like that Schiller thing. You could play them as a practice instrument. Otherwise, I did not consider it to be useful. Maybe not even for that.