Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:43 pm
Do your research on prior threads on this forum, TubaNews, and Brass Forum. This topic has been hashed before, and it all boils down to taking someone with you, playing as many horns as possible of all reputable makers, and then deciding which one fits you, whether it be a Besson like mine, a 5/4 Meinl-Weston, or a Buescher fiberglass sousaphone.
If you like the Cerveny, then that is the horn for you.
I don't mean to sound crass, but this same question keeps popping up about every three months or so, with the same discussion, the same input from everyone from bloke on down, and the thread then trails off the same way, with the points above brought up as various places in various contexts. And no two people who have ever posted this question have ever ended up playing the same instrument.
Now, as a refinement to the question: I am a (director or other person in charge of writing the check) I have a budget of ($$), I have been told to buy (x) number of tubas for (type of ensemble, age group, or setting) and I don't know what is out there, especially as available in (region of the country), and what do I get? That is a question that needs to be posted.
By going on about Cerveny, as others have gone on about MW or any other brand, you have already answered your question and are just looking for confirmation. That is not bad, because of the relative investment a tuba requires. But consider rephrasing the question as, "I'm really impressed with (x) tuba for (y) application, but I would like to hear more experiences with (z) people who have played it, to see if there are any quirks or issues I should be aware or wary of.
Good luck. Cerveny, in all of its incarnations, is one of the oldest names in tuba building, arguably the inventor of rotary valves, and almost the tuba itself, but for a guy named Moritz and his partner who beat them to it by about 10 years. They are still respected, and have their own personality.
If you like the Cerveny, then that is the horn for you.
I don't mean to sound crass, but this same question keeps popping up about every three months or so, with the same discussion, the same input from everyone from bloke on down, and the thread then trails off the same way, with the points above brought up as various places in various contexts. And no two people who have ever posted this question have ever ended up playing the same instrument.
Now, as a refinement to the question: I am a (director or other person in charge of writing the check) I have a budget of ($$), I have been told to buy (x) number of tubas for (type of ensemble, age group, or setting) and I don't know what is out there, especially as available in (region of the country), and what do I get? That is a question that needs to be posted.
By going on about Cerveny, as others have gone on about MW or any other brand, you have already answered your question and are just looking for confirmation. That is not bad, because of the relative investment a tuba requires. But consider rephrasing the question as, "I'm really impressed with (x) tuba for (y) application, but I would like to hear more experiences with (z) people who have played it, to see if there are any quirks or issues I should be aware or wary of.
Good luck. Cerveny, in all of its incarnations, is one of the oldest names in tuba building, arguably the inventor of rotary valves, and almost the tuba itself, but for a guy named Moritz and his partner who beat them to it by about 10 years. They are still respected, and have their own personality.
