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Hi-
Soooo...for those of you attending NAMM this week, what instruments did you try that you liked/disliked......

Regards-
Mark

Kanstul 5480 large F tuba. The tuning slide is on the back and has a ring and centering system to tune any note.



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I do not know the bore size (yet), but if all goes well, I'll have that tuba at the Army Band's Tuba-Euphonium Conference next week. Kanstul's National Sales Manager, Charles Hargett, will be bringing it to Washington, DC, and I'll have my measuring gear with me so we can check this new F-tuba out. I'll also have the Grand CC at the booth.

Funny place, NAMM.

A guitar booth had 950 picks stolen.
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The Jupiter 582 that they had display today played pretty nice. But in the past I have liked and disliked the sample horn they brought to the show. The one this year I like! The 5080 Quantum marching BBb they had also play very nice, better than the one they had at the show last year. The 1284 Symphonic CC they had also played very nice.

All the Kanstul horns are very impressive and continue to improve everytime I get a chance to play them. The folks at Kanstul really listen to all the input from the players that try them out.

A new maker to keep an eye on is the Adams company. The had a CC and F tuba on display. Last year they only had a sample of their valve set on display, so I am gathering that these horns are in the first year of production. The F plays OK but the CC could someday be a real player. Presently it has some intonation problems that need addressing, but the sound and feel when playing the fundamental pitch was amazing!! The horn vibrated my whole body and the sound just boomed out of the horn on the fundamental pitch. If they can keep that response and clean up the pitch problems they could have a real winner someday. We'll have to wait and see...

The Walter Nirschl tubas maketed by Gemeinhardt also continue to improve. They had an F and Eb tuba on display and they played very nice.

Beijing Fuyun International had quite a few tubas on display and many play quite nice, so it seems that the Chinese manufactures continue to improve. Many of the silver horns where dressed up with gold highlights on the valve caps and tuning slides. Several nice Besson clones that looked and played well. The rotorary clones just played OK.

This just in from Kanstul!