Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:21 pm
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Tommy Johnson's double bell Mirafone 184.
Tommy Johnson's double bell Mirafone 184.
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Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:25 pm
Maybe. What does the second bell do? F tuba? Euphonium? Cimbasso?
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:28 pm
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Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:24 pm
Why mess up a perfectly good tuba?
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:38 pm
Yes, for the sheer coolness of that thing. Talk about a conversation piece. I bet it sounds wonderful.
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:54 pm
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Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:44 pm
+1bububassboner wrote:Maybe. What does the second bell do? F tuba? Euphonium? Cimbasso?
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:49 pm
If I were Tommy Johnson or had his ability and reputation I would both buy it and play it in public. He could afford it. Being me, no way. I would be absurd with it.
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:52 pm
Lately, things that have the potential to add more weight to a tuba don't really interest me.
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:39 pm
No, for the same reason I never really cared for double-bell euphonium.
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:43 am
It looks like the 6th valve is after the normal 4th valve, but before the main tuning slide.
The 6th valve "changes bells", but the valves are still in CC length, so there needs to be 13ish feet of mostly cylindrical tubing curled up behind the tuba but connected to the smaller bell. There also should be another tuning slide back there. This is assuming CC = 16 feet and that the leadpipe and valves make for about 36 inches of that. So, I bet that thing is actually pretty neat, but heavy. I like Mirafone 184 CCs. I'd like to have another some day.
I'd really like to see the back of the tuba pictured above.
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:10 pm
He got it from Roger Bobo. The remains are at Robb's shop (or at least they were a few years ago when I visited there). Bobo said it was, sound-wise, tuba/contrabass trombone. Probably not much sound difference between contrabass trombone and cimbasso.
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:54 pm
Hi,
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:26 pm
It looks like that was done to make room for the 6th (change) rotor, which is below (after) the 4th.kathott wrote:Hi,
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott
Re: Poll: Who wants one of these?
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:35 pm
Older CC 184 tubas have the bend in question and evidently played a bit flat. Later ones had more of a right angle and played a bit sharp.kathott wrote:Hi,
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott