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Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:35 pm
by Davidus1
I noticed CustomMusic is selling a 3/4 BBb with 4 piston valves on eBay. Does anyone know anything about these horns? How do they play compared to the other 3/4 BBb piston tubas? What are the valves made of? Stainless, Monel, etc. Any info appreciated. I'm in the market for a small BBb. Thanks.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171795187905" target="_blank
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:57 pm
by dwerden
It is from the days when Fred Marrich was still around. Custom Music was looking for a cheaper line as an alternative to the PT line. It is indeed a re-branded Weril.
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:46 pm
by Davidus1
dwerden wrote:It is from the days when Fred Marrich was still around. Custom Music was looking for a cheaper line as an alternative to the PT line. It is indeed a re-branded Weril.
Thanks Dave! Appreciate the info.
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:09 am
by tubasaz
Aren´t those handy BBb Werils quite nice sounding ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OG8tmdK8ZU" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
Four valves seem working good.
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 3:02 pm
by Toobist
It's worth the watch just for the propaganda slideshow over his right shoulder.
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:33 am
by Three Valves
Rooskies really like their Jazz, Da??
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:07 am
by MikeW
tubasaz wrote:Aren´t those handy BBb Werils quite nice sounding ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OG8tmdK8ZU" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
Four valves seem working good.
According to the comments on You tube, this guy is lip-synching:
Yot tube comment wrote:
tubapizza 1 year ago
How about admitting that that isn't you playing? David "Red" Lehr, sousaphone. Asshole.
If the piece was actually played on a sousaphone, this doesn't tell you too much about how the Weril plays.
Edit: here is the only Weril J680 piece that turns up when you search you-tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceR_91TYzPg" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
I ignored the Russian playing multi-phonics - it looked just as fake as the other guy, and it just sounds as bad as most multiphonics, you can't tell what the tuba might do if someone played it.
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:52 pm
by jpetty24
Don't know what specific model number it was I played but it was a 4/4 BBb, a monster of a 4/4 I must say, and apart from being under cared for, this thing played very klunky and very plain. Not terrible, but not great sounding. I believe it was a clone of the Yamaha 4/4 BBb that many schools in my area seem to use at the middle school/high school level. Intonation is not that great, but I have played worse.
Re: Sterling BBb 3/4
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:54 pm
by Three Valves
Impossible!!
Jazz tuba was invented in Russia!!
