Amati Piston F Tubas

SousaWarrior9 · Post by **SousaWarrior9** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:16 pm

Anyone played an Amati AFB 212 3 Piston F Tuba (or the similar AEB 211 Eb)? Thoughts?

eupher61 · Post by **eupher61** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:35 pm

I agree, but still think it funny that 3v Ebs are fine...yes, I have one.

PMeuph · Post by **PMeuph** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:23 am

At least with the 3valve EEb you get the low BBb.

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:49 am

Ferguson · Post by **Ferguson** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:47 am

I have a 3/4 size Amati Eb tuba with 3 piston valves. Could this be the model he's asking about? Mine's a stencil and says "Boosey & Hawkes" on it. But it's full Amati.

How is it? It's terrible.

Ferguson
/ does not hate Amatis
// just this one
/// never go full Amati

SousaWarrior9 · Post by **SousaWarrior9** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:35 pm

KiltieTuba wrote:First off... why would you want a three-valve F tuba? Would you be limiting your low range?

Not really interested in buying one, I was just wondering to myself why they would make a 3-valve F tuba. I agree that there would be no low range, which is why I wondered why they were producing them.

Ferguson · Post by **Ferguson** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:52 pm

Three valve F tuba is the bass voice used for the first tuba parts in a brass band or biergarten band, ja?

Ferguson

muttenstrudel · Post by **muttenstrudel** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:32 am

Usuallay it's used for the „Tuba 1“ part in German, Austrian and Czech Blasmusik. You mainly double the Bb tuba one octave higher to make the sound more defined which means better to hear the bass line notes and not only umpah. Hence you usually don't have to go very far under the staff.

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