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And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:36 am
by Bandmaster
I found this video tonight and my gosh, that is one big tuba!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfekTQouk9Y
WORLD Franz Xaver Hüller & Co. Graslitz CSR in BBb - never heard of it before...
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:41 am
by Michael Bush
I think it might be for sale? At any rate a guy named Uwe is selling a kaiser BBb on Facebook.
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 8:20 am
by imperialbari
The one for sale is a Lignatone made by Cerveny.
With all due (dis-)respect for video sound: If that video was to express the potentials of that Hüller 6/4 BBb, I wouldn’t buy it.
Klaus
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 8:41 am
by bort
It's too big. Even if it sounded nice... It's just too big. Unless of course, if that man is very small.
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:12 am
by The Big Ben
This popped up on the side of this page: A video from the NY Times featuring the Carl Fischer "Largest Tuba In The World":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK1GDkvFdL4" target="_blank
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:44 pm
by bigbob
Good Golly that is really big!(the words I always want to hear from my wife)<S>Couldn't it be considered bigger than a 6/4??I noticed there were several takes on the film I think it's so he could get some air.. that's a lot of horn to fill..BB
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:58 am
by Lectron
KiltieTuba wrote:GregTuba79 wrote:imperialbari wrote:The one for sale is a Lignatone made by Cerveny.
With all due (dis-)respect for video sound: If that video was to express the potentials of that Hüller 6/4 BBb, I wouldn’t buy it.
Klaus
It does sound quite "dull" to me too. Maybe he's not putting enough air into it or something. This horn should be way bigger sounding..
I think it's more of a recording issue than the lack of air... probably a poor microphone from a tablet or a phone
probably a poor microphone from a tablet or a phone, but hardly the problem
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:06 am
by groovlow
How would a you record a trumpet in a five gallon bucket?
A bigger room would help the mobile mic.
Plus blowing very long waves into the corner of a small room creates all kinds of interference
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Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:46 pm
by imperialbari
Here a sound sample with about the same size of tuba (a Lignatone by Cerveny) also recorded in a corner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HCXFu7GTnQ
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:02 am
by MackBrass
The Cerveny 601 BBb is the largest I have played and would consider it too big for anything useful, although they are great conversation pieces. Here is a video I did compared to an alex 163 CC, big difference.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBD1E4 ... A3oVrH7uPU" target="_blank
Re: And I thought my Holton 345 was big?
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:20 am
by toobagrowl
KiltieTuba wrote:
I think it's more of a recording issue than the lack of air... probably a poor microphone from a tablet or a phone
Yep...and a poor acoustic environment (practice room). Keep in mind that guy isn't playing very loud or aggressively. But with good headphones you can still hear the 'deep bass' of that huge Kaisertuba. I guarantee that tuba would sound
much bigger if recorded with better equipment in a large room/hall