TubeNet

'scuse me, but I've already searched the archives for a link to the European company that has been discussed here a couple of times. Glassen something??? can someone provide a link?

I believe the name is Glassl. I don't have a web address.

Hi Dan,

The company is/was Glassl. They used to have a web site (in German) with some nice photos of their composite tubas (fiberglass bows and bells, regular brass valve section). I particularly liked the tuba with the American flag motif -- just the thing for Independence Day band playing! However, I had a suspicion that those tubas may have looked a lot better than they sounded.

Alas, the web site is no more, and I don't know what became of the company.

Cheers,
Allen

Allen wrote:Alas, the web site is no more, and I don't know what became of the company.

A quick web search turned this up:

hornguys.com wrote:Herr Glassl has retired and has sold his company and tooling to Adams in Holland.

Kevin Hendrick wrote:

Allen wrote:Alas, the web site is no more, and I don't know what became of the company.

A quick web search turned this up:

hornguys.com wrote:Herr Glassl has retired and has sold his company and tooling to Adams in Holland.

Thanks, guys! Glassl is indeed listed on the Adam website (http://www.adams-music.nl/holland/)... which indicates there are two Glassl tubas available:

Glassl
Netto Prijzen (net prices)

1BSBGL15310 - Bas Bes Glassl, fiber + metaal gelakt binnenwerk, 4 cyl., groot model - € 5390,00

1BSBGL15700 - Bas Bes Glassl, fiber + metaal gelakt binnenwerk, 4 cyl., smal model - € 5100,00

http://www.adams-music.nl/holland/

As I recall, it was the bell section of the tubas in question that was fiberglass.

But come to think of it, with the title of the thread, just as the Modulus company makes some fine graphite guitar necks, I wonder if a graphite or carbon fiber bell section, in addition to being very light weight and durable, would have a better tone than the much maligned fiberglass souzy? And you wouldn't have to be limited in color selection!

Harv hatman at harv's Happy horns, has fiberglass tuba. i think it is a Holton, but I am not sure.

ken k

Dan, it was a sad story. Mr. Glassls son died in 2002.
Look here:
http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/region ... id=2062212
I've been in Nauheim, looking for the light weights: the big and the small one, booth with Miraphone rotary valves, but the sound didn' t reach my Lignatone L 481 (40 cm bell).
Ulli

I had the privledge of playing Charles Daellenbach's carbon fiber bell Yamaha about 5 years ago, and it was one of the best horns I have ever played. Also, there was a thread about Walter Hilgers having a Melton 197 made of some form of composite material. viewtopic.php?t=13391&highlight=hilgers+plastic


[img]http://www.walterhilgers.com/Bilder/Ger ... /GB1_g.jpg