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Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:35 am
by bisontuba
Happy Tuba Tuesday. Today, the Museum features a Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962.
Serial #: 68993
Bell Diameter 20”, Bore Size .685, Height 46”.
Comments:
“REYNOLDS / CONTEMPORA / CLEVELAND, OHIO” on seal on bell.
https://simonettitubacollection.com/ins ... -4-piston/
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:38 am
by humBell
With first valve slide whatchamadoodle... Some day i'll figure out how to use that... Probable after i master the 4th valve.
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:45 am
by iiipopes
humBell wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:38 am
With first valve slide whatchamadoodle... Some day i'll figure out how to use that... Probable after i master the 4th valve.
Push on 2nd space C.
Pull on 1+3 and 1+2+3
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:22 pm
by catgrowlB
Those old Reynolds Contempora BBb tubas have to be amongst the tallest production tubas ever made
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:07 am
by humBell
Amongst, sure.
But got a sneaking suspicion pit kings are a mite taller? And there are some Kaiser style tubas which are probably right up there with it. Are there any other pistoned tubas this tall though?
But i'm trying to think... If these are fitted with recording bell, will they have a similar stove-pipe style section to them?
(and regarding the slide pulling, i suppose i'd figure it out if i had one in front me on a regular basis. It is sadly somewhere round 70% willful ignorance on my part, and really i should just grow up, and get over it, rather than play some notes perpetually out of tune...)
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:50 am
by arpthark
humBell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:07 am
Amongst, sure.
But got a sneaking suspicion pit kings are a mite taller? And there are some Kaiser style tubas which are probably right up there with it. Are there any other pistoned tubas this tall though?
But i'm trying to think... If these are fitted with recording bell, will they have a similar stove-pipe style section to them?
(and regarding the slide pulling, i suppose i'd figure it out if i had one in front me on a regular basis. It is sadly somewhere round 70% willful ignorance on my part, and really i should just grow up, and get over it, rather than play some notes perpetually out of tune...)
I can check on yours today.
Re: Tuba Tuesday: Reynolds, Contempora, BB flat tuba, 4 piston, c.1962
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:29 am
by humBell
Thanks.
(I wanna say i was staring at a random recording bell recently before making the mental connection that it was a reynolds, and so i am expecting it has a long elegant curve, rather than the separate segment.)