Page 1 of 1
Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:37 am
by Kirley
Wow. That's a big horn.
What is it?
Really nice playing.
Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:00 am
by Three Valves
Dr No conducting??
Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:29 am
by bort
Looks like a Neptune to me.
Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:35 am
by bort
Confirmed, it's a Neptune. Here's another photo of him.
The detachable leadpipe and the the 5th valve lever were the giveaways on the video for me (man that's pathetic of me!).

Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:05 pm
by bort
Romera? He is Spanish... And it seems a little familiar, even if you can't read the engraving.
Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:57 pm
by toobagrowl
bort wrote:Confirmed, it's a Neptune. Here's another photo of him.
Beautiful playing and great sound.

He makes that Neptune sound (to me) a lot like a good Yorkbrunner.
KiltieTuba wrote:The Neptune is pretty small, isn't it?
Yeah, it's "only" a 6/4 tuba

Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:33 pm
by bort
http://inbbflat.blogspot.com/2015/04/co ... artet.html" target="_blank
It's in Spanish (and the Google translation is pretty rough), but it basically says that Eduardo asked Toni Romera to make a mouthpiece for him, so that's what it is. I'm not sure if this model ever was sold to the public, but I'm sure someone could ask Romera and find out.
Re: Sounds nice but needs a bigger tuba
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:07 pm
by EduardoNogueroles
Thank you very much for your nice comments, my friends.
I am Eduardo Nogueroles, Composer, Conductor and Teacher of Euphonium and Tuba at the Professional Conservatory of Valencia (Spain). You can see my work at
http://www.eduardonogueroles.com" target="_blank or buy some of my tuba works at
http://www.potenzamusic.com" target="_blank
Indeed, my tuba is a Neptune 6/4, designed by Mel Culbertson for B & S.
I play Romera mouthpieces designed by me, in three numbers: 6 (F tuba) 8 (Medium CC tuba) and 12 (Big CC tuba). Then can be ordered at Romera.
I leave you a couple of youtube links about my recordings.
https://youtu.be/I8-Al2B44Hk" target="_blank
https://youtu.be/v0FehePxKi4" target="_blank
https://youtu.be/CDR6vy70cdc" target="_blank
A hug from Spain.
Eduardo Nogueroles.