dumb cimbasso bell angle question (considering lowering it)

[bisontuba]

Cronkhite contra bass trombone gig bag....

[gregsundt]

I just want to know about the bell sitting behind it.

That's Joe's new heavy-walled tin foil hat prototype, the "blokehat®."

The Next Generation: The double-belled cimbasso...

[Wyvern]

What I would enjoy advice on is finding a suitable gig bag for "the beast." I would like to install hand bars for both right and left sides, but then it would not fit in my
particular hard case. Any suggestions?

Wessex are working on bringing cimbasso gig bag to market. Discussed with production manager back in June. Hopefully factory will have prototype for me to check-out/approve when I visit in two weeks time.

[ken k]

It looks like it is now parallel with the mouthpiece angle, which I would think would be a good thing, also like on a trombone.
I do like Brazil nuts, too. In fact I am going to get a bag today at the market. (lowest carbohydrate nut btw along with macadamias)

kk

[ken k]

Does anyone make a Cimbasso in Eb? Since I play Eb tuba it would be easier for me to play.
(These are in F right?)
kk

[Billy M.]

Donn,

The angle of the instrument on that bassoon stand is just about the very same angle as in playing position.

You totally stole your profile and blokegut from Alfred Hitchcock Presents... THIEF!

[oedipoes]

Does anyone make a Cimbasso in Eb? Since I play Eb tuba it would be easier for me to play.
(These are in F right?)
kk

Rudy...

[Wyvern]

Rudy's Eb looks to be a "scratch-designed" Eb.
Wessex, I believe (??) has an Eb built based on the "frame" of their F.

RM is purpose built.

The JinBao has extended slides and an extra loop at the bottom bow to add the length (lots of tight, curly, cylindrical tubing) to get it to Eb.

The Eb cimbasso is exclusive to Wessex and there are not lots of tight curves. Just one extra wide loop. But on the Wessex it is in the body. In the RM the extra length is in the bell section also with a loop.

I can't say how the RM plays, but the Wessex Eb cimbasso is good enough to be played in the world famous Halle Orchestra

[southtubist]

Bell up- to the press box! The whole point of cimbasso is to be loud and aggressive!

[cambrook]

Does anyone make a Cimbasso in Eb? Since I play Eb tuba it would be easier for me to play.
(These are in F right?)
kk

MW make an Eb cimbasso (or at least they did) - I played one for an opera season and the intonation was interesting to say the least.... Hard to enjoy an (Eb) instrument where the Eb in the stave and the one below it are more like a 7.5 than an octave apart.