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Re: FRANKENTUBA in A (or maybe Ab?)
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:02 pm
by TheHatTuba
the elephant wrote:Junked, incomplete horns that contributed to this so far:
Reynolds TB-12 BBb tuba
Mirafone 186 BBb tuba
. Oh well, their going towards a really cool little tuba
Re: FRANKENTUBA in A (or maybe Ab?)
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 11:33 pm
by SousaSaver
WHOA!
Re: FRANKENTUBA in A (or maybe Ab?)
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 2:20 am
by arpthark
Awesome. I love projects like this. Good luck with this one, sir.
I'm considering doing something similar with parts from my GG blat-weasel... some day.
the elephant wrote: However, being in Ab is also pretty good as that places the fingering pattern of the Bydlo solo into that of C minor on a CC tuba. That is not quite as solid, pitch-wise on many tubas as B minor, but I will take it.
How do you reckon?
Re: FRANKENTUBA in A (or maybe Ab?)
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:19 am
by imperialbari
Why would you want a tenor tuba in A? After al there are some many players out there able to make a Bb euph sound a semitone flat.
K
Re: FRANKENTUBA: A Home-Brewed Tenor Tuba in High Ab
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 1:10 am
by imperialbari
One might guess this one will be a straight shooter.
K
Re: FRANKENTUBA: A Home-Brewed Tenor Tuba in High Ab
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 1:24 am
by imperialbari
Have you tried to put in the valves and play the open bugle of this incarnation?
K
Re: FRANKENTUBA: A Home-Brewed Tenor Tuba in High Ab
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 3:12 am
by imperialbari
Hello Scottye, I know you are looking!
Just stirring the pot a bit:
From very similar parts, only narrower and longer, you could get a Wagner tuba in F. Straight bell and pistons shouldn’t hurt the musical function.
Klaus