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A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:41 pm
by Dan Schultz
I had a GG Contra I wanted to cut to BBb and reconfigure to a concert horn a while back and ended up selling to a 'geezer' corps.
A local high school switched back to sousaphones and had a couple of the old DEG 'Dynasty' M875 'shoulder-fired' marching tubas. They needed to purchase some concert tubas and asked me about converting their old marching horns.
http://thevillagetinker.com/deg_m875_ma ... ersion.htm
Re: A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:37 pm
by rodgeman
Looks pretty good. Good job.
Re: A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:39 pm
by Tom Coffey
I think it is really cool to re-utilize those horns like that and avoid wasting all the energy and craft that went into making them. Very green, in the environmental sense, and good looking work, too.
Re: A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:54 am
by Paul Scott
Wow! Looks just like a Kanstul!
Re: A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:16 am
by J.c. Sherman
I like it!!! I want one!
Well done, sir!
J.c.S.
Re: A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:03 am
by MrBasseyPants
I saw this horn in person yesterday. Dan did some good work on it. It looked great!
Dan how did it play last night?
jc
Re: A Good Use For A DEG Marching Tuba
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:35 pm
by Dan Schultz
MrBasseyPants wrote:I saw this horn in person yesterday. Dan did some good work on it. It looked great!
Dan how did it play last night?
jc
It played very well. However... the 'stock' thumb-ring location about wore me out. I moved the thumb-ring this morning!