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Has anyone liked playing a Cerveny Piggy in Quintet?

What is he holding in this old pic?

tbn.al wrote:What is he holding in this old pic?

From 2000.jpg

That's a PT4

When I was in school in Philadelphia in the 1970's, Paul Krzywicki used a piggy for brass quintet.

A friend of mine played a Piggy in his faculty quintet for several years, I thought it sounded great. It's a big sound but not going to smother the rest of the group.

The Piggy has it's own set of peculiarities but that wouldn't interfere with having it in a quintet.

With the right mouthpiece it's great. Now, don't ask what the right mouthpiece is.

Works with piano:

http://youtu.be/JGfX1QV4hfw

Yes, Craig does sound great on the Piggy. Thanks for all the positive input.

I've never spent a lot of *serious* time with a Piggy, but I've never felt all that comfortable while playing them. They are SO short, the bell is right there at your ear, and I think that really messes with me. I also tried one where the leadpipe was so high, I wasn't really sure how to get my face to the mouthpiece without having the bell get in the way.

I forget who said it, but there's an old saying something like "The best and worst tubas I've ever played are both Cerveny Piggies."

When I was the bass trombonist for the Greensboro Symphony(NC), 82-85, Keith Yarborough played a Piggy. He was also in the Winston-Salem Symphony and the brass quintets for both orchestras. We played Mahler 1,2, 9, Bruckner symphonies, etc. Larger orchestral works, Rite of Spring, Scynthian Suite ( Greensboro & North Carolina combined),etc. On the recordings I never had any problem hearing Keith over the orchestra, when neccessary, performing on the Piggy. I've got one now and the only way I'd go with anything else ( someone could give me the $$$$$$, right?)would be a 1293 Miraphone, 6450, Dillon custom C, or a Yamayork. By the way, I've retired from the school job (whoopee!) and, anybody need a tuba sub? All styles, orchestral, german, jazz, etc. Member 148 AFM Atlanta, Ga. Eutubabone54@gmail.com" target="_blank

Vokes

In my opinion the piggy can be the perfect all around instrument. It was my only CC tuba for many years and I did a lot of work on it and still have it. It got me into Tanglewood and has been used in a number of brass quintets since about 1974. Here's a link to a recording of Dave Dzubay's Brass Quintet, first movement and I was using my piggy on this recording.

http://pronovamusic.com/sounds/1habanera.mp3" target="_blank

Roger

Roger Lewis wrote:a recording of Dave Dzubay's Brass Quintet, first movement and I was using my piggy on this recording.

Nicely done. Bravo!

Pete

Now THAT piggy sounds mighty fine in THAT quintet. Just goes to prove, "it ain't whatcha play, it's how's you plays it!"

tbn.al wrote:Just goes to prove, "it ain't whatcha play, it's how's you plays it!"

Precisely. I have heard large Holtons and Yorks played in brass quintets by artists who had full control of the instruments and a concept of what sound is best for a brass quintet. They sounded wonderfully. This is not to say that, with a smaller tuba, blending with the quintet would be easier. But, it can be done with any equipment.