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What is the big tuba?
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:23 pm
by Dean E
Hello,
Anyone know what the horn is or the showroom's location, please?
One guy is faking it since he has no mouthpiece.
Dean E
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:25 pm
by Mark
It's a Miraphone 186. The two men are just really small.
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:25 pm
by MikeW
There's an old thread about this instrument:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=49840
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:28 pm
by MrHidan30
I could have swore it was the Harvard BBBb for a second there....
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:21 pm
by butch
It seems to be the biggest playable tuba in the world, as german newspapers wrote. The guy in pic 1 is the one that made the tuba, guy in pic 2 is the one that played it in concert. Watch a video on the buildig process of the tuba here (unfortunately only in german):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIwfWavIm4
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:28 pm
by toobagrowl
Dean E wrote:Hello,
Anyone know what the horn is or the showroom's location, please?
One guy is faking it since he has no mouthpiece.
Dean E
The first pic is of the builder of the tuba, Hartmut Geilert. The second pic is of the guy who premiered it, Jorg Wachsmuth. It is the 'Riesentuba', a gigantic BBBb tuba.
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:22 pm
by butch
Dean E wrote:or the showroom's location
The tuba is located in the museum of musical instruments in Markneukirchen, Germany.
http://www.museum-markneukirchen.de/
Re: What is the big tuba?
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:54 am
by Primetime
The tuba is set to be displayed as part of the Musikmesse festival in Frankfurt, between 10-13 April.