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I have a DVD of the NDR-Sinfonieorchster under Gunter Wand of Bruckner 8. Mr. Hotzel is playing a Rudy Meinl 5/4. It is a 5 valve, does anyone know if its a CC or BBb? He sounds AMAZING. Especially at the end of the first movement. I recommend watching it. All I can say is...damn.

You can easily identify by the main tuning slide which is vertical on the CC, or horizontal on the BBb. My bets would be on it being a BBb in a German orchestra.

Thanks for the heads up on the DVD - I will look out for that one.

that it's a Fafner BB tuba. I did not see this DVD, but as far as I know he plays a Fafner.

Regards

Markus use to play both Fafner and Rudy Meinl 5/4 BB flat

Thanks for the insight. It is a Rudy 5/4 BBb. I watched it again last night. Everyone needs to hear/see thsi performance. Its amazing. Huge focused controlled sound, amazing blend. Just...damn.

Off topic. But see Markus playing his new F-tuba at Melton (MW).
http://www.melton.de/blech/Hoetzel.htm

It looks like a really nice F tuba. What is the actual model # ?

Its a 45SLZ. I guess thats the rotary version of the 45SLP. It does look great, and i'm sure with him playing it sounds even better. As it would with you playing it.

If it IS a45-SLZ, then they are changing the design of it, because the beginning of the horn(valveset/tuning slide) is not the same as the 45-SLZ's that I have seen and played. (maybe I should just TRANSLATE the page!!)

I'm off to translate Deutsch to Englisch.

Here is a ROUGH translation(no grammar help).

"On the passage of a Mugge in Lübeck coming and on the way to Vienna and Paris with the Viennese philharmonics under the direction of Zubin Mehta the Tubist Markus Hötzel of the NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg made on the 7 June a between stop in the Wenzel Meinl gmbh in Geretsried in order to try its new F-tuba 45SLZ, that is after own statements "very homogeneous in the sound, and especially in that Full sounds"!

Then another fast handle to its beloved Melton Fafner tuba, that "like a rock in the surf lies" and on that "one itself 100% leave can!" Testing abundant after some hours and practicing Markus Hötzel is fit for the Sinfonia Domestica by Richard bouquet (op. 53 of 1902/03)!"



SO... It is a new version of the 45SLZ.

bttmbow wrote:Here is a ROUGH translation(no grammar help).

"On the passage of a Mugge in Lübeck coming and on the way to Vienna and Paris with the Viennese philharmonics under the direction of Zubin Mehta the Tubist Markus Hötzel of the NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg made on the 7 June a between stop in the Wenzel Meinl gmbh in Geretsried in order to try its new F-tuba 45SLZ, that is after own statements "very homogeneous in the sound, and especially in that Full sounds"!

Then another fast handle to its beloved Melton Fafner tuba, that "like a rock in the surf lies" and on that "one itself 100% leave can!" Testing abundant after some hours and practicing Markus Hötzel is fit for the Sinfonia Domestica by Richard bouquet (op. 53 of 1902/03)!"



SO... It is a new version of the 45SLZ.

Ain't online translators great?

I just LOVE that Richard Bouquet's music; it's so pretty!

(nyuk, nyuk)