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Tabor wrote:ding ding..Bloke knows!

It is an old Conn orchestra grand, but the F is ok (or perhaps my lip/ear/tuner makes it so).
That F is okay for me too.

C in the staff on the other hand... I play that with 4 instead of 1. With 1, the tuner isn't sure whether I mean C (very flat) or B (very sharp).
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I like either the 20 j or the 22j depending on what band I'm playing in. Both have excellent sound but the 22 is easier to hold and play.Image
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thought it was time to reopen it. who doesn't love a BAT. :)
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My all time favorite - Holton BBb 3v short stroke pistons: http://mainetoday.mycapture.com/mycaptu ... ryID=52602" target="_blank" target="_blank
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I love my 20J.
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TubaMusikMann wrote:
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I'm not accusing this pic of being Photoshopped, but that horn is so huge it looks it.
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burningchrome wrote:I'm not accusing this pic of being Photoshopped, but that horn is so huge it looks it.
I think this is the York that belongs to James Jenkins?
It is HUGE!!!
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Maybe not big, but it definitely qualifies as a BAT (Bad *** Tuba) :mrgreen:
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TubaMusikMann wrote:
burningchrome wrote:I'm not accusing this pic of being Photoshopped, but that horn is so huge it looks it.
I think this is the York that belongs to James Jenkins?
It is HUGE!!!
If a wide angle lens is used, then as the tuba is nearer it can look larger against the person than in actual life
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My last major York tuba project is probably the one I like most. It's the property of Andy Rodgers in NY and is the largest horn of it type to leave my bench. With a 23'' bell and the fifth valve, it probably the heavies as well. The second is Mike Russell's (Seattle Symp. retired) BBb York that I completed in '93 which is tied with Mike Ferrie's BBb Martin, finished in '04. All cool and fun instruments that have all taken their share of my hide. :lol: Still, I have a soft spot for the Holton 345, it just happens to be in my head :oops:
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Daniel C. Oberloh wrote:My last major York tuba project is probably the one I like most. It's the property of Andy Rodgers in NY and is the largest horn of it type to leave my bench. With a 23'' bell and the fifth valve, it probably the heavies as well. The second is Mike Russell's (Seattle Symp. retired) BBb York that I completed in '93 which is tied with Mike Ferrie's BBb Martin, finished in '04. All cool and fun instruments that have all taken their share of my hide. :lol: Still, I have a soft spot for the Holton 345, it just happens to be in my head :oops:
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Daniel C. Oberloh wrote:My last major York tuba project is probably the one I like most. It's the property of Andy Rodgers in NY and is the largest horn of its type to leave my bench. With a 23'' bell and the fifth valve, it's probably the heaviest as well.
Dan, with the 5th valve added, did you cut Andy's York to CC or retain it as a BBb?
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Damn, now that's horn dorn.
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Steve Marcus wrote:
Daniel C. Oberloh wrote:My last major York tuba project is probably the one I like most. It's the property of Andy Rodgers in NY and is the largest horn of its type to leave my bench. With a 23'' bell and the fifth valve, it's probably the heaviest as well.
Dan, with the 5th valve added, did you cut Andy's York to CC or retain it as a BBb?
No, Steve. I don't cut horns. Its a BBb.

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