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Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 2:28 pm
by windshieldbug
Steve Marcus wrote:
Does anyone bring more than one horn to a quintet gig?
I would take my F also if the tessetura called for it, certainly.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 4:43 pm
by Rick F
I vote for what ever Sam Pilafian played with the Empire Brass and Boston Brass. Maybe Yamaha 621? He's always been my favorite in small ensembles.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 8:39 pm
by THE TUBA
Rick F wrote:I vote for what ever Sam Pilafian played with the Empire Brass and Boston Brass. Maybe Yamaha 621? He's always been my favorite in small ensembles.
IIRC, Pilafian used a MW 2145 for a couple of the old Empire Brass CDs. At least that's what he's holding in the pictures.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 10:17 pm
by Steginkt
Most of my live listening and my own playing of quintets happens tp be on the Willson 3400, so thats my vote. Fine in the low range, lovely in the airy acrobatic range. Might need a lower mouthpiece to play some lower parts, but never had a problem so far.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 12:58 am
by michael_glenn
I've heard people play on small CC's. Some have sounded great, others not so much. I've heard some people play on large CC's. Some sounded awesome. Some not so much. I've heard people play on big and small F tubas, large and small Eb tubas. Some sounded great and others didn't. It's not the horn. A good player will make the equipment do what needs done.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 1:55 am
by tofu
bloke wrote:... so though all of my posts in this thread have been off topic, the bicycle worked! It's funny how cops will force golf carts and cars and everything else to wait in line, but they will not stop bicycles. I made it to the venue with plenty of time to spare, even though I had to get off of the highway one exit too far, because the correct exit was hopelessly blocked with carloads of parents and grandparents.
Should of just used your old Besson bell-front and strapped it on your back.
We always use bikes for crazy traffic stuff like fireworks/parades/graduations etc. - the cops always way you through and you get in and out super fast.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 10:33 pm
by cjk
I'd use which ever tuba I owned which I was the most comfortable with and which was the easiest to play in tune. For me, this would by my "old shoes" Rudolf Meinl 4345 piston CC tuba. My Yamaha 631 Eb tuba would be a very good choice, but I'm not nearly as comfortable with it.
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:13 am
by Tubajug
So Mark, which of your horns do you use? Your "Prague" or your little Eb?
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 9:02 pm
by bisontuba
What is the personal preference Tuba for brass quintet in Germany?
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 9:37 pm
by Billy M.
Can we get definition of small and large bass tuba? Are you meaning small as in 2182 or perhaps Miraphone 180 small? Are you meaning something like MW 45 for big or does something like a Besson 981 qualify as large bass tuba?
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:44 am
by Three Valves
bisontuba wrote:What is the personal preference Tuba for brass quintet in Germany?
YUGE!!
Re: POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba
Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 9:28 am
by opus37
Ah, point of information, who's going to collect all the other tubas and who's going to pay for all the 186's? I would think we would get a volume discount but an order that large will take a while to manufacture. Maybe Wessex can help us out.