Recommendations on a switch from a 186ish to a 188ish tuba
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:07 am
As some of you may know, I recently acquired a Mack 410 CC tuba (the 186ish tuba). I enjoy the horn and I think I can be quite happy with it for some time. However, maybe I've spent too much time reading about folks who endlessly switch horns, because I can't help thinking about what horn I'd get if I decided to change...I'm thinking I would look for something slightly larger, around the border of 4/4 to 5/4, and maybe having a little more color in the sound, but still retaining a more or less point and shoot intonation. I wouldn't be able to spend a whole lot, maybe $3500 or $4000 or so.
So the obvious choice, I thought, would be a Mirafone 188 CC, if one could be snagged for near $4K. I wonder what other horns that meet the above criteria you would recommend. Maybe an exceptional Piggy (with good intonation)? Some other Cerveny or Amati horn? Something else?
royjohn, tuba tyro
So the obvious choice, I thought, would be a Mirafone 188 CC, if one could be snagged for near $4K. I wonder what other horns that meet the above criteria you would recommend. Maybe an exceptional Piggy (with good intonation)? Some other Cerveny or Amati horn? Something else?
royjohn, tuba tyro