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"German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:48 am
by UTSAtuba
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:27 am
by Wyvern
*Removed as in error*
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:26 pm
by ZNC Dandy
That DVD is amazing. Walter Hilgers has one of, if not the most robust, rich, tuba sound i've ever heard. Not to mention the rest of the group, whom are also equally as astonishing on their respective instruments
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:22 pm
by UTSAtuba
Do you know where I can find the DVD of the performances? It is amazing stuff...
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:52 pm
by IOS
You are wrong about the BBb. It is Hilger's modified Bohland & Fuchs tuba. Some where on Tubenet in the past year +/-, Hilgers explains his instruments. You might want to check the archives.
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:18 pm
by J.c. Sherman
I thought the 197 was a copy of the B&F...?
I do know the B&F has only 4 valves, and at least one of the 197s he's owned (or pictured with) had 5.
Dynamite player, and a dynamite ensemble!
J.c.S.
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:09 pm
by Wyvern
Bob1062 wrote:What's the difference between the 197 and the 200 (two-oh-oh, NOT 2000!))?
The 200 is even LARGER being a 6/4
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:25 pm
by Matt G
IOS wrote:You are wrong about the BBb. It is Hilger's modified Bohland & Fuchs tuba. Some where on Tubenet in the past year +/-, Hilgers explains his instruments. You might want to check the archives.
30 seconds:
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Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:08 pm
by Pozzie
IOS wrote:You are wrong about the BBb. It is Hilger's modified Bohland & Fuchs tuba. Some where on Tubenet in the past year +/-, Hilgers explains his instruments. You might want to check the archives.
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Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:09 pm
by Pozzie
ooops
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:16 pm
by J.c. Sherman
Nice of B&F to use Miniballs...
J.c.
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:26 pm
by Lars Trawen
Sorry Neptune,
The picture you have published of me playing a tuba is not the Melton 200, it's a Dutch copy (Kayser) of a Mirafone.
Here you have the 200. It's a true 6/4 kaiser.
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:23 pm
by Wyvern
Thanks for sharing 'true' picture Lars (incorrect image taken down). Out of interest, how do you find the 200 plays against 5/4 Kaisers?
Re: "German Brass" Tuba ID
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:13 am
by MikeS
Maybe he picked whatever horn he had available that put the mouthpiece at the right height when the bottom bow rested on the balcony railing.
