Timbasso

pjv · Post by **pjv** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:51 am

Last week I got my BBb cimbasso that Tim Sullivan (timswisstuba) made for me: A+ for Tim!

The bell is from an Olds baritone and the valve section is from an older s-linkage Miraphone (or Mirafone) 18(4-6). With its large graduated bore the horn plays real open in all registers. Nice intonation and a fat low register which'll sonically destroy even the largest of kidney stones.

To top it off, Tim made a super sturdy stand out of a modern cymbal stand w/an extra specially made...., eh, thingy which holds the bottom part of the cimbasso. Very simple and elegant.

I've used this horn in rehearsals and performances almost everyday since I received it last friday and it hasn't let me down yet. And yes, everyone who's heard it says that it sounds like a big (contra-) bass trombone.

Tim; PROPS!

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:01 am

Your photos must have been some hardcore hornporn since they were censored away.

Klaus

Wilco · Post by **Wilco** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:20 am

maybe not hard-core enough Klaus..............

pjv · Post by **pjv** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:23 am

OK, OK. Got it. Unfortunately, being a mac owner AND dumb I never figured out a way of posting pictures (let alone reducing the pixels!).

We'll just all have to wait until Tim gets back from Germany.

Cheers,

-Pat

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:56 am

Pat sent me the photos, which I reduced quite a bit.

Klaus

Wilco · Post by **Wilco** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:17 am

wow.......... einfach die hammer

Harvey Hartman · Post by **Harvey Hartman** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:27 am

Wow! Nice work Tim , Looks Great!!

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:32 am

Harvey Hartman wrote:Wow! Nice work Tim , Looks Great!!

Yup, Harvey, and then Tim prepared it for standing ovations all through the night!

Klaus

rodgeman · Post by **rodgeman** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:05 pm

Wow. Very nice.

Timswisstuba · Post by **Timswisstuba** » Sun May 01, 2011 5:40 am

smcimbasso1.jpg

I wanted to make something that plays like a tuba and sounds like a really big trombone. After many trials and hours, this is the final product.

Patrickcimbasso.jpg

The cimbasso with myself and its new owner, Patrick Votrian.

http://www.dekift.com" target="_blank" target="_blank

DavidJMills · Post by **DavidJMills** » Sun May 01, 2011 8:41 am

Imagine 12 of these on the 50 yard line at halftime,what's the dutch word for bejesus?

KarlMarx · Post by **KarlMarx** » Sun May 01, 2011 10:05 am

Isn’t it a bit loud for Mr. Gilbert’s lyric?

Timswisstuba · Post by **Timswisstuba** » Mon May 02, 2011 6:08 am

Wilco wrote:wow.......... einfach die hammer

Thanks Wilco. In German, einfach die hammer literally means that's the hammer. The Germans use that to say something is amazing.

Sorry I don't know the Dutch word for beJesus.

Here is a picture against the intricate background of De Kift. At one point during the show there is smoke coming out of the sousaphone bell.

cimbasso3.jpg

Wilco · Post by **Wilco** » Mon May 02, 2011 8:48 am

Hi Tim, I know

. Is it "Spitze" in Switserland?

As far as 'bejesus'..... I don't think there is a word for it, closest I think is 'tering'...

as in:
*scared the bejuses out of me* *schrok me de tering*

and, when 50 timbasso's are used at once: "teringherrie"

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:06 am

The Dutch term for the fff-effect of this instrument could be de dijkdoorbraak.

Had this one been a slide contrabass trombone, the Bavarian term had been Zugspitze.

K

pjv · Post by **pjv** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:47 am

According to Google;

1. Bejesus: be·je·sus
Variant(s): also be·jee·zus /bi-'jE-z&s, -'jA-, -z&z/
Etymology: alteration of by Jesus
Date: circa 1908
-- (interjection) used as a mild oath;
-- (noun) runny poop
A word commonly used to express great surprise or fear.

You scared the BEJESUS out of me!!!
You scured the bejesus out of me.
shite load bejeezers bejeezer bejebus bejaysus

2. A small fictitious organ, often visible, found in the left shoulder of immature humans (children and some adults).

3. A mythical character resembling Jesus that appears when smoking marijuana
Bejesus and I are going to eat some pizza.

Well, I can imagine some tubists being offended by this, but I can also imagine some tubists being offended by a cimbasso. Nevertheless, Tim's horn is not only good for removing calculus from your teeth, it is also a sweet romancer in in the high range at ppp. (I didn't tell Tim that the cimbasso he made could also play ppp; otherwise he might have charged me extra!)

Cheers, Patrick

"And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Timbasso, with vibes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!"

Timswisstuba · Post by **Timswisstuba** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:17 am

Here's Patrick Votrain playing his cimbasso (Timbasso) with the group De Kift in Rotterdam, NL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiR-u553mQM" target="_blank

Enjoy!

TubeNet

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