The Golden Tuba Of Vince Fiorino

jacobg · Post by **jacobg** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:52 pm

Essential listening.
I believe this was also the guy pictured in an old Conn tuba catalog with an experimental tuba where the entire tuba sat horizontally on a stand in front of the player.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMaste ... ochure.pdf

http://www.astroboy.tv/music/index_tuba.html

jacobg · Post by **jacobg** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:01 pm

from the 1934 Conn basses brochure

Benjamin · Post by **Benjamin** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:20 pm

Thats a Tuba?

jacobg · Post by **jacobg** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:35 pm

Whoops, looks like the original host decided to take them offline. No matter, I'll post a mirror. Use it, don't abuse it. I'll take it down in a week.
http://www.jacobgarchik.com/Tuba/index.html

Toad Away · Post by **Toad Away** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:39 pm

Hey Chewie --
How long before you add one of these to your collection?
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Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:54 pm

Does that sucker have a trombone-like slide? It sure looks like it, though I can't tell for certain. If it is, it would only give him about three positions; still, you could get some interesting effects from something like that! Might not be that hard to build, either. Start with a helicon, and rotate the valve section so it's kind of like a way-oversized round flugelhorn. Reroute the tuning slide to give it the longest possible parallel double-run, and set it up like a trombone with tuning in the slide. Or maybe use a switch valve on the left hand to switch from valves to slide...

Kind a SuperFluba?
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Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:39 pm

The horizontal tuba is from a Conn brochure of the 1929-30 vintage, if I remember accurately.

I'm sure someone on the BBS can get the accompanying text posted (mine is curently packed for moving) but I believe it was a research tool, not offered for sale.