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Greetings, All!

As further evidence of my not-so-gradual descent into madness, I have acquired a soprano tuba! More correctly, I found a flugel horn, which was magically morphed into a soprano tuba by brass guru, Tom Govlitz. Employing his sense of humor, he took it upon himself to add a nameplate to the bell, which has the name "Miniphone" etched on it!

Here is a picture of a Miraphone 184, and the so-called Miniphone (mini me):


I am thinking of trying it out in a quartet made up of the Miniphone, an Eb/F alto horn, euphonium, and (probably) a bass tuba. Quartet literature for trumpet, horn, trombone, & bass trombone/tuba should work if the (Eb)alto player transposes (I am going to ask a horn player to play it).

If the plan works, I'll be looking for a name for the group. If you would like to help....please keep it clean!!!

This should make the rest of you feel better about your lives!

I used to own an upright soprano saxhorn. I have pictures (but not a clue as to how to post it - why can't we just attach it?). It was fun to earn, but I really needed big tubas more Piston valves...

J.c.

you can attach things from your own computer now...

What about this Eb tuba from Voigt Brass?:



Klaus

imperialbari wrote:What about this Eb tuba from Voigt Brass?:



Klaus

Looks kinda like a Civil-War era 'over -the -shoulder' Eb soprano with a bent leadpipe...

Speaking of soprano versions of larger brasses:

You may enjoy this amazing, and some might say beautiful, performance of a soprano trombone:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eS4pDY210s" target="_blank" target="_blank

Klaus

Conical quintets have some beautiful sound to them when good players are playing.

Heck with those cylindrical trumpets and trombones!!

imperialbari wrote:Speaking of soprano versions of larger brasses:

You may enjoy this amazing, and some might say beautiful, performance of a soprano trombone:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eS4pDY210s" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Klaus

Klaus, thank you for the reference. Denise Reis is an amazingly good musician, an inspiration!

It took me a couple of minutes before I realized why the camera was staying on the chick with the guitar during a trombone solo. I've heard people trying to sound like a trombone before, and ALMOST pull it off, but that was really amazing.

J.c. Sherman wrote:I used to own an upright soprano saxhorn. I have pictures (but not a clue as to how to post it - why can't we just attach it?). It was fun to earn, but I really needed big tubas more Piston valves...

I would be very interested to see some pictures. If you can't post them, maybe you can e-mail them? Thanks!

ztubadude@optonline.net" target="_blank" target="_blank

Done. Feel free to post if you know how

J.c.

imperialbari wrote:Speaking of soprano versions of larger brasses:

You may enjoy this amazing, and some might say beautiful, performance of a soprano trombone:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eS4pDY210s" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Klaus

That was amazing. However, I'd be more impressed if she could sound like bagpipes or accordion.

There's a guy out here in the D.C. area I see every two years or so on a trad gig who can sing a dead-on muted cornet. It's really spooky. He had me looking in circles for five or six tunes the first time we worked together. His main axe? Washboard. He'll sing the head as a cornet, sing the vocals normally, and keep time. Pretty damned amazing.

Tom, is that Shiek you're referring to?? Or is it someone that works with Sheik? I"ve not met, only heard the "Washboard Lightning" band on tape. Dave's a great guy, via email at least!