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I was looking through my notes from the Pokorny Seminar I attended last summer. Gene Pokorny had mentioned that when Floyd Cooley auditioned for the San Francisco Symphony, he showed up with only an F tuba (at least that's what I wrote on my notes!).

Does anyone know anything about this? Did he play all the 'contrabass' stuff on F, and what kind of horn did he have?

I had heard something similar years ago, but I fail to remember the specifics, it was either an F tuba, or 184... regardless, it was tiny.

KiltieTuba wrote:why not just email Floyd?

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At the time, maybe. Sumner Erickson was 18...Tony Kniffen almost matched Floyd.