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The 'Hungry Five in Germany' booklets are basically Bb parts. Two clarinets, one trumpet, one 'bone, and a tuba. With a little 'twiddling' you might be able come up with some 'interesting' duets.

For those of you who are fans of Polka Music or German/Czech/Moravian style folk music, you owe it to yourselves to get to know the tuba artistry of Jim Dorschner of "Ray Dorschner and the Rainbow Valley Dutchmen" (c.o. Dorschner Music of Appleton, WI.) Ray lives in Menasha WI and the band has just recently celebrated it's 50th anniversary and 4 Dorschner family members play with the band. Their 50th anniversary album "Artistry in Polka" shows that polka music is far from dead (or boring), and that great polka tuba playing didn't die out with "The Six Fat Dutchmen". I've been a professional tubaist (mainly in symphony orchestras) for 33 years, and I can tell you that along with Roger Bobo, Arnold Jacobs and a very few select others, Jim is one of the few tuba players I could listen to all night without getting bored! Anyone who plays or enjoys polka music (and all of you out there that thinks they can) ought to listen to this great, tight, swingin' & rockin' band. You'll never need to get bored playing polkas again when you see how much fun you can have. Prost!