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Can anyone point me to a NON-Canadian Brass recording (Youtube is fine) of a Getzen G-50?

Thanks!

bloke wrote:
The sound "under the bell" is a little bit different, because (due to config.) the players are a little bit closer to the bell rim with the G-50.

So much closer, in fact, that you can nearly speak more of being "beside" the bell than "under" it. I like these tubas a lot, but just can't take the sensation that I'm playing straight into my left ear. It isn't actually as close as that, but that's the sensation.

Thanks guys!

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I tooted on a G-50 years ago and liked it quite a bit. Dark, clear projecting sound, and was very easy to play and in-tune. Weren't these made with Meinl or Nirschl parts, but assembled at the Getzen factory in WI? Does anyone know for sure??

tuben wrote:
https://youtu.be/m5miK0Nz3Uw?list=LLRJG ... Dou5KWGc3Q

And he swallows the entire orchestra at 5:43.

+1. The finest example of a G-50 in orchestra you will hear

Mike Eastep of the Calgary Philharmonic played one of these for a few years - you're never going to hear a better sound. If I can find info on Mike's recordings, I will post them.

toobagrowl wrote:I tooted on a G-50 years ago and liked it quite a bit. Dark, clear projecting sound, and was very easy to play and in-tune. Weren't these made with Meinl or Nirschl parts, but assembled at the Getzen factory in WI? Does anyone know for sure??

Yes. Many -but not all- of the parts (including the bell) were done by Meinl Weston. Final assembly was done in the United States at Getzen's facility. As I understand it, Lee Stofer was able to purchase all of the G-50 items that Getzen still had on hand in the last couple of years, though I am not sure if that included any tooling or any of the parts or tooling that Meinl Weston controlled.

Interestingly, Meinl Weston makes (or at least did until their recent sale) bells for MANY companies. I have been told this by MW factory employees and have been shown evidence of this.