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Saw this while perusing the works of Vladimir Kush. Thought y'all would appreciate it.

The artist must have been traveling around Mississippi. That's where the tuba playing elephants are in this country...

maybe a 1291 with a custom lead pipe in front, a Cerveny piggy or possibly a Kalison from a few yrs ago in the back- third one ? Cant tell but looks Belgian or perhaps Czech....

I did this a while back: the more portable version

the elephant wrote: Tim, have you seen the Magritte stuff? He loved the tuba, especially when it was on fire. I like to look at his tuba paintings (several) when I am having a bad practice session![/img]

That... is awesome. Makes me want to get one of those flamethrower rings they sell for sousaphones. Good stuff!

timdicarlo wrote:

the elephant wrote: Tim, have you seen the Magritte stuff? He loved the tuba, especially when it was on fire. I like to look at his tuba paintings (several) when I am having a bad practice session![/img]

That... is awesome. Makes me want to get one of those flamethrower rings they sell for sousaphones. Good stuff!

Sell???
The only one I have ever seen (or heard of) was custom designed and hand built
- for Tubatron!

if there are others about - let us all know, please...

Oh. I was under the impression you could buy them, but I had just heard that from somebody awhile back and didn't question it. Probably inaccurate. Sorry to get your hopes up!

timdicarlo wrote:Oh. I was under the impression you could buy them, but I had just heard that from somebody awhile back and didn't question it. Probably inaccurate. Sorry to get your hopes up!

I know a lot of people in the "Fire Arts" (we have a lot of them in the Bay Area because of Burning Man) but they hesitate to do another version of Tubatron - the metal is so thin around the bell they worry about cracking and melting. I have looked closely at Dave Silverman's horn - it is still OK after several years operation.

See, I always imagined it to be more like this in design (excuse the hastily-scribbled diagram):

I figured the ring would be thick and fire-retardant enough to protect the bell, and the nozzles would direct the flames outward for quick bursts, instead of a continuous fire. Of course, I've never worked with pyrotechnics, so this is based purely on beginner's logic-- things that seem like they would work. If anybody has an idea of how well this design would work in practice, I'd be interested to hear it.

The Big Ben wrote:The artist must have been traveling around Mississippi. That's where the tuba playing elephants are in this country...

Yes, they are kept in zoo down there, The Ya Zoo!

Good teachers also should keep the kids entertained.