What horns did you bring to your most recent audition?

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:27 am

I assume a CC and F tuba for most. Possibly a single Bb horn for Bydlo. The question just popped in my head and I thought it would make a good topic. Especially for you pros.

These days I make a living as a composer, but back in college I was working to be an orchestral player and I played auditions using the Yorkbrunner and my Rudy Meinl F, which just happens to be for sale (shameless plug). What have all you gentlemen, and ladies, used for auditions in the past?

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:05 am

An "Off-The-Shelf" $35.00 Mollard Baton. The last audition I took, I played an Alex 163 CC and a Zeiss 5V F with a Yamaha 641 BBb for Prokofiev's 5th. That was a long time ago in universe far, far away.

tubacdk · Post by **tubacdk** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:01 am

MW 5/4 rotary CC, B&S Symphonie F

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:22 am

bass trombone

corbasse · Post by **corbasse** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:29 am

Alexander 103

a real horn (as approved by the IHS)

Gorilla Tuba · Post by **Gorilla Tuba** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:52 am

like everyone else, my CC and F tuba. However, I may perform Bydlo on a euphonium, but I doubt I'd audition on euph.

Getzeng50s · Post by **Getzeng50s** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:35 pm

CC GetzenG50 F Yamaha 822

Mark E. Chachich · Post by **Mark E. Chachich** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:04 pm

Alexander 163 CC, that was some time ago.
My goal was to get on the substitute and extra list and I succeded.

Mark

runelk · Post by **runelk** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:04 pm

I used a MW 2165 and a B & S Symphonie F

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:47 pm

Just the most recent -- VMI 3302.

If I didn't bag the easy excerpt, I wouldn't have done too badly.

JCradler · Post by **JCradler** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:42 am

A Cerveny Piggy. It did everthing asked of it that day, mostly sight-reading.

Of course, that was a while back, before the arms race really kicked in.

jc

Jeffrey Hicks · Post by **Jeffrey Hicks** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:24 pm

My King 2370 Brass Sousaphone. God Bless the Marine Corps

Lee Stofer · Post by **Lee Stofer** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:48 am

To my last audition, I took a thein bass trombone - no, I didn't win the audition, but I made the sub list, which was the intended result.

To my last tuba audition, I took a Conn grand orchestral BBb and a Rudi 5/4 F. I wish I'd played the entire audition on the F which is a great horn. The 2nd valve on the old Conn stuck firmly in the down position in the middle of the Prokofiev, which just ruined my day. The horn had sounded wonderful when I had gotten it just a month pior, and I'd thought, "the valves work fine - I don't need to clean this horn before the audition" I'll never do THAT again!

Which horn have I won the most auditions with? #1 - Rudi 3/4 CC