Bill Bell's 2nd for the NY Phil.

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Bill Bell's 2nd for the NY Phil.

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Did Bill Bell have a regular 2nd tuba when the NY Philharmonic did things like Sacre, Fantastique, etc. If so who was he?
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I don't know if he had a regular. But Harvey Phillips said that one of the first concerts he played after arriving in NY (after Mr. Bell had arranged a scholarship for him at Julliard) was Symphonie Fantastique with the New York Phil. Mr. Phillips could have been playing first on that concert, I don't remember. What I do remember was that he said he was offered the Principal Tuba position with the LA Phil immediately after that concert (the LA music director was in the audience). So I imagine that Mr. Phillips did quite a lot of substitute playing in the Phil while he was at Julliard.

The other name that comes to mind is Joe Novotny. When I asked Mr. Phillips why he didn't get the New York Phil job when Mr. Bell retired, he said that Mr. Bell told him that the position was reserved for Joe.
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Thanks. I guess it might either of them. I was recently listening to an NY Phil Symphony Fantastique with Mitropolous and was wondering about the 2nd tuba.
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Before Harvey Phillips Abe Torchinsky played second but I'm not sure he was a regular.
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