the elephant wrote:I am in the minority here, I am certain. But playing an Alexander and having that sound in my head from day one of tuba playing as the sound of my teacher (and my personal goal) I have always hated the sound of Hirsbrunner tubas.
You aren't the only one.
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LoyalTubist wrote:I would still vote for the Mirafone!
You do realize, of course, that "Mirafone" was a marketing name used for a while by the Sun Valley importer who felt that "Miraphone" didn't sound Yurrupean enough. Miraphones from that era made for the European market were marked Miraphone.
A date range would make your point more clearly, methinks.
Rick "whose Miraphone dates from the Mirafone days but is still a Miraphone" Denney
LoyalTubist wrote:I would still vote for the Mirafone!
You do realize, of course, that "Mirafone" was a marketing name used for a while by the Sun Valley importer who felt that "Miraphone" didn't sound Yurrupean enough. Miraphones from that era made for the European market were marked Miraphone.
A date range would make your point more clearly, methinks.
Rick "whose Miraphone dates from the Mirafone days but is still a Miraphone" Denney
I knew the Lockie brothers....
Yes, I know the story well.
Actually, there were differences between the Mirafones and the Miraphones. Mirafones were lighter and had a brighter tone. Miraphones made you think of Oktoberfest in a beer tent. (And I played for many an Oktoberfest when I lived in Germany, even though we really didn't have Oktoberfest in Berlin!)
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Hey, a tuba is like a car or any tool you use to do your work. I won't criticize you because you play a different tuba than I do. We all like different tubas and that's OK by me.
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