TubeNet

Mark 'note my new Tubenet name'....

\http://scopesmonkeychoir.com/2012/07/flattened-tuba/

To me the Besson bell-front BBb is one of the ugliest tubas ever made.

It is so obvious that this design came as a forced afterthought, because Besson/B&H wanted a share of the market for bell-front tubas.

All sane bell-front tubas have the bell collars at the level of the top bow. Besson did not want to rewrap their tubas, so they placed the collars way too low thereby causing a far too low set leadpipe plus huge vision problems for the player.

Klaus

On the other hand, those were easy to hide behind.

imperialbari wrote:To me the Besson bell-front BBb is one of the ugliest tubas ever made.

It is so obvious that this design came as a forced afterthought, because Besson/B&H wanted a share of the market for bell-front tubas.

All sane bell-front tubas have the bell collars at the level of the top bow. Besson did not want to rewrap their tubas, so they placed the collars way too low thereby causing a far too low set leadpipe plus huge vision problems for the player.

Klaus

Hard to beat these guys...

imperialbari wrote: It is so obvious that this design came as a forced afterthought, because Besson/B&H wanted a share of the market for bell-front tubas.

More of that famous British Engineering Prowess:

http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/sau ... ss.php?p=1

Have you totally lost your mind, Joe? Those Besson recording bell tubas are the ugliest things on The Planet!

Those Bessons are pretty ugly- I think CK has listed the winner

I'd trade any of my tubas for that 6/4 Martin, but my esthetic ideal is a little less rotund.

I nominate the Kalison DS - this one's unusually not fully silver plated

I think the Miraphone 188 is the most proportionally pleasing tuba.

In terms of sheer bling, it's got to be Jonathan Hodgetts' goldbrass Neptune.

The one that my wife approves of staying in the house.

How do you see around the bell of that Besson??

I agree with Donn about the Kalison. Maybe those weren't always the best sounding horns, but they sure were photogenic.

I have to say that the "Bessie" recording bell horn is about the ugliest most awkward horn to hold and play that I have ever played. Almost impossible to see around also. It plays surprisingly well for as ugly as it is. It is the beagle of tubas. (Why are beagle's so cute?....Because they have to be! )

As for the most aesthetically pleasing? That post from cktuba is a real beauty. The Holton BB-345 that Dan Oberloh built for Bandmaster is stunning! A MW-197! Now we are talking!

Steve

Watchman wrote:How do you see around the bell of that Besson??

Of course, if we assume that the context is usually tuba + player, and that's what has to be esthetically pleasing ... maybe I should be looking for a bell front Besson.

Donn wrote:

Watchman wrote:How do you see around the bell of that Besson??

Of course, if we assume that the context is usually tuba + player, and that's what has to be esthetically pleasing ... maybe I should be looking for a bell front Besson.

So maybe bloke’s choice wasn’t that insane?

The beauty of that Besson being that it hides him!

I've always liked the way this Thein looks. Reminds me of an octopus for the valve set.

I like these .....

I've always liked the Miraphone 1291. Short and squat...

Willson 3400 looks great

I vote for post number 5 (reply #4?) from cktuba. Satin silver gets me every time.