Cerveny Symphonia?

[doublebuzzing]

Can anyone tell me about this model? How well do they play? All I know is 5 valve, 15.75 bell, .795 bore. Assuming they weren't made very long. Can't find much info when searching this site.

[jeopardymaster]

I believe that would correspond to something in the 680 series and should still be in production possibly under a different designation. I didn't check the Cerveny website to confirm. Those are good horns, although from what I remember I was not crazy about the 3rd and 4th valve slide arrangement - awkward and very short pulls (which made the 4 valve horn kind of deficient and almost necessitated the 5 valve version). One of my former students bought a 5 valve CC and has played it for many years. The Miraclones are probably giving them stiff competition these days.

[sailn2ba]

I don't know about Cerv model names, but I think their BBb horns come in 2 bores, 0.787" and 0.827", and 3 bell diameters, 15.75", 17.7", and 19.7". Models are generally Cnn-xxx-yyy with n being the key (CBB is BBb), x identifying bore and bell dia., and y indicating number of valves and linkage. I once saw "Symphonie" associated with a CBB-686 (0.787, 17.5"). I have a CBB-686-5PR engraved "Harmonia II". . . and I'm very happy with it.
Cerveny's been making tubas a long time. Their 681 is the archetypical European type. Good Luck!

[Alex C]

I played stenciled version of a Cerveny marked Symphonia for about a year. Pitch was good but it was quite small. I now see that my tuba was not the same one pictured in the "For Sale" section of Tubenet.

[doublebuzzing]

I believe that the Symphonia is a compact wrap tuba. I played stenciled version of the horn for about a year. Pitch was good but it was quite small.

We had a conductor who kept saying the tubas were too loud to the point that we had a Yamaha YCB-621 and the Symphonia. Still too loud. When the Conductor left I sold the horn. Size was the issue for me.

Did the one you have look like this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=58308" target="_blank" target="_blank

The reason I ask is that I have been told these are about 39 inches tall with a .795 bore...hardly compact, I think.

[Alex C]

Thanks for asking. In looking more closely I do not believe it is the same horn. Similar but not the same. Thanks for pointing it out, I'm editing my earlier post to reflect that.