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yep, a dragon Euphonium.

Looks like a mess, plays pretty good
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Who makes that? Curiosity is getting the best of me, but I can't seem to find it with a seach with those terms . . .
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look up the Zo dragon tuba
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tadawson wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:44 am Who makes that? Curiosity is getting the best of me, but I can't seem to find it with a seach with those terms . . .
Most likely Zo, which is a Chinese company. I have their "Tiny Dragon" BBb Tuba.
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Thanks - got it. I had been searching for "Euphonium" as per this post, not tuba . . . .

Interesting, in an odd sort of way . . . .
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' seems to me that the one in F - were it to be horizontalized in design - could function as a compact cimbasso (albeit challenging to hold and play for extended periods of time).

These can't possibly sound like (even) 3/4 tubas.
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bloke wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 12:08 pm These can't possibly sound like (even) 3/4 tubas.
Much closer than any other 'travel tubas'.
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ZO or Wessex needs to build an F-sharp cimbasso to play the Hebrew slaves Verdi chart in Nabucco...

...That tune works my left hand second slide trigger thumb to death. :smilie6:
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https://reverb.com/item/83882382-zo-zeu ... -euphonium
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All those pictures and no one thought to put a ruler or banana next to it for scale.
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This guy is being absurdly optimistic, considering that this exact model is listed new for $1158 . . .

https://www.thomannmusic.com/zo_bb_trav ... u_800l.htm

(Dimensions are in that link as well).
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tadawson wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 12:19 pm
This guy is being absurdly optimistic, <snip>
everything about it seems absurd, including this somewhat serious-appearing thread here :red:
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I dunno . . the Chinese part is a huge detractor, but I do find myself honestly interested in these instruments . . .
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If it were cheap enough and I rich enough, I'd have one just to confuse people when they walked in my house.
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Mary Ann wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:57 pm If it were cheap enough and I rich enough, I'd have one just to confuse people when they walked in my house.
("What the hell is THAT?")
That's what I hear when they walk in and see my Zo "Tiny Dragon".
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