Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:20 pm
MW182 or Cerveny 653
Lidl BBb or CC
Lidl BBb or CC
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Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:35 pm
Anati ABB-224/Amati ABB-323 maybe? Pretty tiny and play very well.
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:00 pm
Smallest bass tuba that I have crossed paths with is a B & H Regent Eb tuba
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:18 pm
Jestadt 5 valve F; maybe their Bb's as well.
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:55 pm
The Regent is in the foreground
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:18 am
The smallest bass I have seen is actually an Eb circa 1920 that I have on consignment at Baltimore Brass. It takes a bass trombone mpc and is essentially the same size as a yamaha student euphonium (think yep-321).
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:35 am
The old Besson 2-20 range has to be in contention. Tiny, but built to last.
Not just heavy, like tank - more like solid, like anti-tank.
I have one of their Eb bass tubas, and I have seen ads for the 3/4 BBb contrabass.
There's an Eb on Hornucopia, dimensions given as height 31", bell 12"
Not just heavy, like tank - more like solid, like anti-tank.
I have one of their Eb bass tubas, and I have seen ads for the 3/4 BBb contrabass.
There's an Eb on Hornucopia, dimensions given as height 31", bell 12"
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:11 am
On the contemporary front: how about the MW 182 F tuba?
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:20 am
Champion
Chicago
Obviously a stencil, but who was the maker?
The rich engraving were seen on old Bessons (and possibly on others as well).
I have a Couesnon Eb soprano flugelhorn with similar valve buttons.
A local school had a similar very small Amati/Lignatone F tuba, that I played almost 40 years ago with what I remember as my Denis Wick 4AY, small tenor trombone stem. Very easily played in the upper range, as I without preparation had to play Christmas carols (in the tenor range) reading over the shoulder of the pianist. First time I blew an F tuba, but I was quite experienced in transposing.
I always have wondered why the older piston low brasses of the European west coast, Netherlands, Belgium, & France were so similar to their Czech equivalents. Did the Czech copy the French, because they were rotary people with no piston designs of their own?
Klaus
Chicago
Obviously a stencil, but who was the maker?
The rich engraving were seen on old Bessons (and possibly on others as well).
I have a Couesnon Eb soprano flugelhorn with similar valve buttons.
A local school had a similar very small Amati/Lignatone F tuba, that I played almost 40 years ago with what I remember as my Denis Wick 4AY, small tenor trombone stem. Very easily played in the upper range, as I without preparation had to play Christmas carols (in the tenor range) reading over the shoulder of the pianist. First time I blew an F tuba, but I was quite experienced in transposing.
I always have wondered why the older piston low brasses of the European west coast, Netherlands, Belgium, & France were so similar to their Czech equivalents. Did the Czech copy the French, because they were rotary people with no piston designs of their own?
Klaus
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:40 pm
Amati ABB223 BBb 3v "Baby Tuba" 31" tall, 13" bell dia.Curmudgeon wrote:In the CB category, I want to say maybe the Yamaha 103. But, I just PC'd two Amati 4 piston BBb tubas and these things were tiny! Played pretty well, too.
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:07 pm
Klaus,
I got this horn 6 years ago from a guy that had it in his attic. All I know is what is engraved on the bell.
I got this horn 6 years ago from a guy that had it in his attic. All I know is what is engraved on the bell.
Re: Smallest Bass & Contrabass tubas
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:45 pm
Horn dorn
Just received the MW 182 today; it's as small as I've ever seen, and plays very well indeed.