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I especially like this post.... wow.

"If it is a professional orchestra, I doubt that any player would be taken seriously if he turned up at an audition with a BBb. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but I don't think so.

If it is a non-professional orchestra and the tubist can play, I expect any instrument that sounds good would be welcome.

I play in a concert band that has one guy using an F tuba. He is an outstanding player and has all the extra valves to cover the full BBb range. He is not lacking for sound at all, and the smaller instrument allows him a very clean playing technique."

contravic wrote:I especially like this post.... wow.

"If it is a professional orchestra, I doubt that any player would be taken seriously if he turned up at an audition with a BBb. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but I don't think so.

If it is a non-professional orchestra and the tubist can play, I expect any instrument that sounds good would be welcome.

I play in a concert band that has one guy using an F tuba. He is an outstanding player and has all the extra valves to cover the full BBb range. He is not lacking for sound at all, and the smaller instrument allows him a very clean playing technique."

In defense of trombone players, as the thread went on that comment was refuted several times.

Uncle Buck,

You're right! I didn't see the other trombonists' posts because I couldn't bring myself to read anymore after I read the first few posts and the post I quoted. That's good to know that it was refuted!

DP wrote:......

Thanks DP that was a really great piece of history. At last I now understand a little more about these things...

Who exactly is us? I do speak out of both sides of my mouth, some times seconds apart.

No. I am a reformed bass trombone player who now plays tuba.

Uncle Buck wrote:

contravic wrote:I especially like this post.... wow.

"If it is a professional orchestra, I doubt that any player would be taken seriously if he turned up at an audition with a BBb. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but I don't think so.

If it is a non-professional orchestra and the tubist can play, I expect any instrument that sounds good would be welcome.

I play in a concert band that has one guy using an F tuba. He is an outstanding player and has all the extra valves to cover the full BBb range. He is not lacking for sound at all, and the smaller instrument allows him a very clean playing technique."

In defense of trombone players, as the thread went on that comment was refuted several times.

The first statement is wrong, of course, but there are as many tuba players who believe it as there are trombone players. I guess they think those audition committee members have x-ray vision to be able to see through that curtain.

And I agree with his second statement. It will be mighty difficult to play in what is the bottom octave of a Bb tuba on a four-valve F. Five valves are challenging enough, but still will likely leave a couple of notes with really challenging intonation.

The last statement is, in my experience, true enough. I can certainly play with cleaner technique on F tuba than on Bb. A great player might have excellent technique on any instrument, but he'll work less hard to get it on an F or Eb tuba.

All in all, I saw less silliness on that thread than I've seen on many threads on the same topics here.

Rick "who didn't realize that trombone players could read and write" Denney