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I actually need OTHER information, but (without going into a wordy explanation) this statistic will get me there...

...so - if you have this tuba (or a Reynolds TB-10, or a Conn 2J C tuba, etc.) would you be willing to help me out by posting it's height?

TIP: I've always found it easier to measure a tuba's HEIGHT easiest by resting the BOTTOM BOW on the floor, getting the BELL RIM parallel to the floor, and then measuring from the floor UP to the BELL RIM.

thanks!

...so 35"...36"...37"...??

bloke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:25 am ...so 35"...36"...37"...??

I had one of those. I would put it in the 37 range. Slightly taller than my amati, but not tall as tall as a 186.

In this Pic, it fits into a bag designed for a 186, with a 3 inch pad inserted at the bottom. Sorry I can't be more exact

good enough for me...
thanks !

I'm trying to decide whether to grab new "economy (but seems like an OK) bag" to stick a 186 in it.
A reviewer of the bag gave it a decent review, and claims that it fit his O-99 just fine...

My 1970 catalog says 37" tall for O-99/4.

the elephant wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:24 am My 1970 catalog says 37" tall for O-99/4.

very cool...
Thanks for quoting that source.

I guess a 186 is about an inch and half taller...

(Typically, people who are selling stuff - particularly lower-priced stuff) have no idea what they have, so everything is consumer guesswork...)

When I sell this 186, I would just like to offer a decent/new/NOT-$600-my-cost bag to go with it...

Current 186 BBb — 39.764" (1010 mm) *from miraphone.de
Current 186 CC — 39.370 (1000 mm) *from miraphone.de

My 1971 186 CC— ~39.75" *from my digitally calibrated cloth tape measure

Every small-belled 186 I have bothered to measure has been about .5" 5o 1" longer than the bigger-belled versions I have bothered to measure. The representative sampling groups of all four representative horn subsets represent an underrepresentation of each representative type represented.

This information has been peer-reviewed.

I have two Olds 0-99s. They measure 37" with a level bell. They are great small horns providing the third valve slide is cut and optionally also cutting the first valve slide for a bit of push/pull. No adult fingerings needed. Buy them cheap and add a little investment in the slide cutting and possibly/ correcting some valve stem issues.

the elephant wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:42 am Current 186 BBb — 39.764" (1010 mm) *from miraphone.de
Current 186 CC — 39.370 (1000 mm) *from miraphone.de

My 1971 186 CC— ~39.75" *from my digitally calibrated cloth tape measure

Every small-belled 186 I have bothered to measure has been about .5" 5o 1" longer than the bigger-belled versions I have bothered to measure. The representative sampling groups of all four representative horn subsets represent an underrepresentation of each representative type represented.

This information has been peer-reviewed.

yes...Thank-you very much...
I was confusing the 186 height with the 188 height.

c. 39-1/2" is a SIGNIFICANT distance beyond 37".

I should, but I never measure tubas' heights...until I'm bag/case shopping...

...OR unless they're crazy-tall/crazy-short...like the beat-up pillowy-sounding (crazy short) Holton B-flat I recently bought...or the (crazy-tall) kaiser Miraphone B-flat I couldn't resist buying, a while back.

speaking of which...Greyhound hasn't called me about that sweet little MTS case (to fit the Holton).

bloke "...yeah...bloke: and his nutty stream-of-consciousness posts"