Orchestral Equipment Survey

[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.

[k001k47]

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.....

I'd prefer one of these

[hbcrandy]

For the last 12 years, until my retirement from playing this past Spring, I played the following:

- York, 5 valved, CC tuba. Cut and redesigned by Bob Rusk.
- York, 5 valved, monster Eb tuba. Redesigned by me.
- Meinl Weston, 4 valved, Bill Bell Model CC tuba.
- Rudolph Meinl 5/4, 4 valved tuba. Loaned to me for Mahler 5.

A photo of our section is attached.

[MTFULRUTUBA]

Hirsbrunner HB-21 CC
Hirsbrunner HB-12 F

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