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Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:16 pm
by SousaWarrior9
Anyone played an Amati AFB 212 3 Piston F Tuba (or the similar AEB 211 Eb)? Thoughts?
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:35 pm
by eupher61
I agree, but still think it funny that 3v Ebs are fine...yes, I have one.
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:23 am
by PMeuph
At least with the 3valve EEb you get the low BBb.
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:49 am
by k001k47
no
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:47 am
by Ferguson
I have a 3/4 size Amati Eb tuba with 3 piston valves. Could this be the model he's asking about? Mine's a stencil and says "Boosey & Hawkes" on it. But it's full Amati.
How is it? It's terrible.
Ferguson
/ does not hate Amatis
// just this one
/// never go full Amati
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:35 pm
by SousaWarrior9
KiltieTuba wrote:First off... why would you want a three-valve F tuba? Would you be limiting your low range?
Not really interested in buying one, I was just wondering to myself why they would make a 3-valve F tuba. I agree that there would be no low range, which is why I wondered why they were producing them.
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:52 pm
by Ferguson
Three valve F tuba is the bass voice used for the first tuba parts in a brass band or biergarten band, ja?
Ferguson
Re: Amati Piston F Tubas
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:32 am
by muttenstrudel
Usuallay it's used for the „Tuba 1“ part in German, Austrian and Czech Blasmusik. You mainly double the Bb tuba one octave higher to make the sound more defined which means better to hear the bass line notes and not only umpah. Hence you usually don't have to go very far under the staff.