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When I was in school back in the 90's the coolest horns were Getzen G50s and Kalison DS tubas. Now you can't find them anywhere.

Someone also had a Kurath F tuba and one of those Miraphones with the "presto" valves in my studio. Don't see many of those these days either.

I can remember in the early 2000's when the Conn 5XJ instruments were the bee's knees as well. Are these even made anymore?

What are some of today's "fad" instruments/trends that probably won't be around in fifteen years?

Big Bottom Brass

But really, in 15 years, its hard to say, but here are a few things that should be better sorted out by then, if they haven't already:
Chinese instruments
MAW valves
PVAK
AGR (probably already a fad...)

And just to clarify, "fad" doesn't mean "bad." It's just something that is popular or new, but doesn't survive as being popular in the long run.

Ukulele??

Those silly haircuts those screaming kids from Liverpool had.

Looks like i own two of these "fad" instruments, both are great though.

KiltieTuba wrote:186

Here's hoping... I don't know what it is that I don't like, but I just despise the 18X series of Miraphones (Excluding the F models). I think it's just how overused they are in the school system. I play on one at my high school when I don't want to lug my CC to and from school. They aren't bad horns, but something about them just ticks me off.

In the 60's and for about twenty years... the big Conns with recording bells were plentiful. I don't even remember seeing an upright bell for one of those horns around here in the school systems.

In fact... recording bells are pretty much a thing of the past.

However... I can certainly see them becoming popular again since the current 'fad' is for just about everyone owning multiple tubas. A student owning their own horn in the 60's was a rare thing indeed.

bloke wrote:Can something that 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of the people know about be considered a "fad" ?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fad

I made sure to use air quotes around fad in the title, but I guess if you want, we can add "among tuba players" and then we'll be good here.

Fiberglass 'tubas' (Martin, Reynolds)
DEG (commuter) tuba with plastic bell.
Graphite Tuba bell (carbon fiber?)
Kelly Colored plastic mps
P Bones, P Tubas and all the others
Colored lacquer and other strange custom finishes
The BAT - to some it is a fad - to others a serious tool.
Tuba harnesses - (same as above)

Whoa.... I already forgot about the P-tuba.

here in Colorado its:

Chinese horns,
York copies,
Miraphone 1291, 191, 186
Cerveny 681, 686,