How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:18 pm
What's the total size of the tuba population? Include baritones/euphoniums in your estimate if you like.
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Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:35 pm
Euphoniums, baritones, tromboniums, tubas, sousas, helicons, cimbasso, and other low brass stuff?? Hell... I think I have fifty or so myself!
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:50 pm
Not enough, for sure!
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:15 pm
I've got three, if that helps.
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:39 pm
They'll have to pry my tubas out of my cold, dead hands!58mark wrote:be careful how much information you share guys
it starts with registration, and then next comes confiscation
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:17 am
No, that's the answer to life, the universe, everything.dgpretzel wrote:42
Total tubas = 41.
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:18 am
19
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:33 am
An approximate $***load
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 3:49 am
8611FunkyTuba wrote:What's the total size of the tuba population? Include baritones/euphoniums in your estimate if you like.
According to your friendly government bureaucrats - BUT - they don't count baritones or their kissing cousins the euphoniums.
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/ ... acts.xhtml
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 7:14 am
Way too many.
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:20 am
The obvious solution is to buy one new instrument from each manufacturer and then sum the serial numbers.
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:37 pm
Ah so you are including my three?the elephant wrote:More than three.
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:39 pm
I am not surprised. Does Terri know?TubaTinker wrote:Euphoniums, baritones, tromboniums, tubas, sousas, helicons, cimbasso, and other low brass stuff?? Hell... I think I have fifty or so myself!
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:50 pm
My guess, 500,000 
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:48 pm
Yeah... she knows. She has six saxophones!arminhachmer wrote:I am not surprised. Does Terri know?TubaTinker wrote:Euphoniums, baritones, tromboniums, tubas, sousas, helicons, cimbasso, and other low brass stuff?? Hell... I think I have fifty or so myself!
Re: How many tubas are there in the world?
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 1:02 am
Bob Barker reminds you to control the tuba/euphonium population: spay and neuter your low brass!