Orchestral Equipment Survey

[Haugan]

Mirafone 180 F: for cimbasso, serpent,ophicleid stuff
Alexander F:for traditional German stuff (Brahms, Wagner "basstuba" etc.) stuff
Gronitz PTF 125 F:for nearly every/anything
King "reverse rotor" CC:for "general" CC stuff
York 4/4-5/4 CC:For "heavier" CC stuff
Hirsbrunner "Kaiser Model" BBb:for "Kontrabasstuba" stuff

Paul Haugan
Madison Symphony
Green Bay Symphony
Rockford Symphony
Kenosha Symphony
American Premier Orchestra
Festival City Symphony
Formerly Nuremberg Philharmonic

[tubatooter1940]

I play in a rock band and life has to be simple for me to pack our 4 by 8 covered trailer with all our instruments and our huge P.A. system. We pull the trailer with a Jeep Cherokee.I put my Eb King in one back seat and put the seat belt on it. The rest of the back of the jeep is for a sleeping bag where one of us can sleep,one drive and one of us to keep the driver awake and entertained. I would like to have more tubas but I would have to haul them around too. So the next best thing was to add two 300 watt sub-woofers to the P.A. They weigh 89 pounds apiece but are square and stow fairly easily. Now I can play my little tuba low without having to bust my booty to be loud.
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[hbcrandy]

I use smaller equipment. It is as follows:

-Bill Bell model Meinl Weston CC, 4 valves
-Rusk-cut 3/4 York CC, five valves
-Modified York Monster Eb 5 valves with a .687" valve section bore

[rascaljim]

looks like thread's comin back

[Locky]

Miraphone 1261 [Ebb 3/1 piston]. I have found it to be a good all rounder for semi professional wind band & ensemble work and amateur orchestra. It has a larger bore and fuller sound than the Besson 981 & a half [982 with low Fletcher lead pipe]. Having wandered in the mouthpiece world I have returned to the Bach 24AW. It suits me and the instruments well enough.

John

[timayer]

Rudy 5/4 with a 7B
PT-6 with a Cooley Helleberg
PT-10 with whatever sounds good that day

[Sean Greene]

I'm also trying to convince my wife that there are uses for 6/4 horns and I'm not just trying to get a big toy.

If your wife is anything like mine.......Good luck. I'm just thankful she lets me have two.

[tubamirum]

Do the delivery guys make that much?

[MartyNeilan]

If your wife is anything like mine.......Good luck. I'm just thankful she lets me have two.

Two WIVES?

[kingrob76]

Presently, I'm using a Getzen CB-50 in my Orchestra - and everywhere else, too, since it's all I own right now. I've never owned a horn that was more responsive to mouthpiece changes than this one. Depending on what I use I can make it sound either very direct on indirect in its color, and that gives me a lot of flexibility to craft the sound the way I want to depending on what's programmed.

The Orchestra never gets about 75-80 people, so, I don't need a BAT to balance (or over-balance, depending on my mood) the group.

[TonyZ]

Willson 3100S, Willson 3400S

Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra

[Lew]

True. If I had the money I would have a room full of horns... 6/4 BBb and CC, 4/4 CC, EEb, F and Euph. But for most of us it's just not practical.

I find it intersting to observe that many of those with the "room full of horns" are not professional FULL TIME players.

Perhaps that's why they have the money

Of course,

I look at my full time musician siblings and it's clear to see that I have a lot more toys they they will ever have. On the other hand maybe they are enjoying their lives more because they are working in a field that is an avocation rather than just going to a job every day?

[Mark E. Chachich]

Alexander 163 CC - 4 valves - this is my main tuba (since 1975) - Bach 7
I played this tuba on every orchestra job that I played (as well as just
about every other tuba job that I played).

Meinl Weston 32 CC - 5 valves - backup tuba (since 1986) - Bach 7
I used this for only one piece in an orchestra, I use it mostly for
quintets and as a backup tuba.

York Monster E flat - 4 valves - bass tuba (since 1978) - Bach 25
I have never used a bass tuba in an orchestra, I have used it in other
musical jobs.

Kay M-2 3/4 size String Bass (since 1979) - German Bow
(some M-2 basses were 3/4 size) I have played bass for minor
orchestras and I think that bass is an excellent double for a tubist.



Mark

[bttmbow]

Hisbrunner HB2P
Meinl Weston 45slp
Meinl Weston 182

[Alex F]

I'm also trying to convince my wife that there are uses for 6/4 horns and I'm not just trying to get a big toy.

horn player . . . what do you expect??

[Mark]

Next time I should just buy a red Miata and be done with it.

I thought only women and thin men in their mid/late 30's with closely cropped hairdos and neatly pressed shirts bought those...

...oh.....nevermind.....

When they first came out, I believe the Miata was a requirement for employment at Microsoft.

[Mark]

I'm conducting a social experiment. The person who I quoted proudly touts their BAT in their signature. The same person also likes to bring up old posts for fun. Whenever I re-hash an old post, it is quickly removed. I am curious how long this will be permitted to stay up.

Wow, has the TubaGod been activated?

[eupher61]

think sharp knife vs dull. When one gets into one's finger, the sharp knife makes its presence felt immediately, then that sensation is gone. The dull knife gives an awareness of pressure bordering on pain yet it takes effort to cause the pain.

sharp knife=smaller tuba with an easy edge to the sound. dull knife=big tuba which needs more effort to edge out.

and, yes, personal experience.

[tbn.al]

Am I way off base with this thinking?

You are way off base thinking that this 7 year old thread was reactivated to contribute to the original discussion. This is about.....................a social experiment????????????????????????

I'm conducting a social experiment. The person who I quoted proudly touts their BAT in their signature. The same person also likes to bring up old posts for fun. Whenever I re-hash an old post, it is quickly removed. I am curious how long this will be permitted to stay up.

[bort]

Frankly, I think it's a bit of a myth about BATs being used inappropriately or by the wrong people. I'm sure it happens occasionally, but in the 17 years I've been playing tuba, I have played next to exactly 0 (zero) BATs, and 1 (one) BART. Beyond this, I have a friend who is now in a service band who has a BAT, since that's what is expected. I also have a friend (who is about 75 years old) who bought himself a Fafner, not because he truly needed it, but because he liked it and had so much fun playing it... and at that age, you really should just play whatever you want!

What's my point? I don't really know, but BATs and BARTs are expensive and impractical enough that the population controls itself.