Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:51 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvBEkhBO ... re=related" target="_blank
And a more recent image:
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Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:31 am
That was Warren's Conn "Frankentuba", originally owned by Fred Geib. Here it was before Warren's changes:
And a more recent image:
And a more recent image:
Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:34 pm
It sounded incredible too (in Warren's hands, of course), but it was a bear to play.hrender wrote:That is a great looking horn, IMO.
Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:55 pm
Where is it now?
Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:42 pm
Thank you for posting this. There are several other videos of the same concert. I am in awe of Warren Deck's playing. His sound just has such an amazing presence.
Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:42 pm
I've never met the guy, but Isn't the answer to this question usually Mike Lynch's house?bort wrote:Where is it now?
Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:05 pm
That more updated picture of the horn is not the configuration Warren used. I heard that the original valve section got put back on it after Warren stopped playing it. When he played it, I believe it had a large bore Alexander rotary valve section that Warren built. He also used a huge mouthpiece with a very large backbore. I played on it a few times, and I can second the comment that it was not an easy horn to play. Warren sure did make it sound great.
Re: Warren Deck tuba ID #2
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:12 pm
Well, cjk, LJV and Rod are all right.
The horn now has the original valve section restored to good condition, and the horn is back close to original, though with the original lead pipe still in detachable configuration, as Warren had it (only because there was little reason to change it to restore the horn to it's original playing condition).
With the Alex valve section on it, as when I got it, the horn was more than not easy to play; for mere mortals it was approaching impossible. In this restored form, the horn is not difficult to play at all, and plays quite well, with a great sound. It does have a couple of pitch idiosyncrasies, though nothing terribly problematic. It is one of only two horns I have ever known that will seemingly take however much air one puts into it without the sound ever breaking up.
The one challenge to playing it comes from the M3 4th valve, with the P4 5th valve. All of Geib's horns that I know of had that configuration of the 4th valve, and another of his had the same 5th valve configuration. That makes playing the Ride something of a mind bender... Someday, I'll get around to having a slide extender built for the 4th valve, so it can be more easily managed.
For those interested, there is a video of the horn, still with the original valve section, being played by Warren with the NY brass section with the Canadian Brass ('Brassbusters" may be the one--not positive of my memory on that)
Mike
The horn now has the original valve section restored to good condition, and the horn is back close to original, though with the original lead pipe still in detachable configuration, as Warren had it (only because there was little reason to change it to restore the horn to it's original playing condition).
With the Alex valve section on it, as when I got it, the horn was more than not easy to play; for mere mortals it was approaching impossible. In this restored form, the horn is not difficult to play at all, and plays quite well, with a great sound. It does have a couple of pitch idiosyncrasies, though nothing terribly problematic. It is one of only two horns I have ever known that will seemingly take however much air one puts into it without the sound ever breaking up.
The one challenge to playing it comes from the M3 4th valve, with the P4 5th valve. All of Geib's horns that I know of had that configuration of the 4th valve, and another of his had the same 5th valve configuration. That makes playing the Ride something of a mind bender... Someday, I'll get around to having a slide extender built for the 4th valve, so it can be more easily managed.
For those interested, there is a video of the horn, still with the original valve section, being played by Warren with the NY brass section with the Canadian Brass ('Brassbusters" may be the one--not positive of my memory on that)
Mike