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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:35 pm
by Steve Inman
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:56 pm
by Wyvern
The big one is certainly the Melton 197 BBb.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:22 pm
by MikeMason
thank you.awesome....
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:06 pm
by finnbogi
Is Hilgers' F tuba a Melton 46HL?
I saw a similar tuba in the pit at the Bavarian State Opera a few weeks ago (playing Rosenkavalier - a great performance), and didn't recognise it.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:28 pm
by oldbandnerd
Gadzooks !!!!!! What a group !!!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:26 pm
by jonesbrass
Looks like the Fafner BBb and the Hilgers Model F. Most likely not an Eb. I'd be a bit suprised to see him playing on an Eb- that's not a very big part of the tradition in Germany.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:43 am
by Wyvern
Referring to the Melton catalogue, the smaller tuba appears a 45H-S F tuba, while the lack of flair on the bell shows the larger to be a 5/4 197 BBb - both Walter Hilgers models.
The 197 is based on a legendary 1938 tuba - see
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