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Check out the other instruments also. They are also left-handed.
It's the picture that's reversed, unfortunately.

The whole image is reversed.

oldbandnerd wrote:Is this tuba player playing a left handed tuba?

Looks that way, doesn't it? I'd think it more likely that the graphics folks just decided to flip the picture left-to-right to accomodate the titles (notice that the trombone is also a left-handed model) ...

I have this CD and it looks the same in this picture as it does on the cover . Regardless of weither the picture is flipped or not the valves on the tuba can only be played by the left hand.

Look at it closely .. Am I wrong?


His Left hand is on the top tube of the horn. The valves are curved to accomadate the LEFT hand . Flipped or not that is a left handed tuba.

oldbandnerd wrote:I have this CD and it looks the same in this picture as it does on the cover . Regardless of weither the picture is flipped or not the valves on the tuba can only be played by the left hand.

Look at it closely .. Am I wrong?

Flipping the picture reverses the tuba (visually) from a right-hand to a left-hand model (and does the same for all the other instruments and their players). It looks like the picture may have been taken before the title graphics were designed ... had they used the picture in its original orientation, the "Class Brass / On The Edge" would have covered the shoulder and about half the face of the player in the back (tallest one). I don't think that was what they had in mind ...

Mystery Solved ? I flipped it myself to see what would happen. Here it tis'







What can I say ? You guys were right .

Looks "right" to me! Glad we could help.

I heard one of the first run Telarc SACD discs....can't remember the piece. The entire orchestra was flipped. Ya-know....violins on the right, basses on the left...oops!

I can attest to the fact that left or right handed, this young man can play the tuba. I had the pleasure of selecting him as a finalist for the upcoming SWRTEC Concerto Competiton. This kid is the real deal.


Chuck

no...but what a great idea! THE ALL LEFT HANDED BRASS QUINTET..just think about it! I could produce and promote and sell the CDs and someday become a hundredare!

You might even be 'LEFT' penniless!
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Joe Baker, who is 'RIGHT' poor himself!

Offhand, I would say you guys have left your sanity behind, and need to find it right away.

So is the CD any good?
Phil

This CD is excellent !! They used extra musicians to complete the arrangements .They had some percussion and an extra trumpet to help complete some of the arrangements.Some of the pieces they play are Baccanale, Saber Dance, Russian Sailors Dance, Overtutre to Candid and others. This is the first time had ever heard them play . I will be buying more from them.

If you enjoyed that album, check out this one:


Empire Brass
Romantic Brass: Music of France & Spain Transcribed for Brass

Telarc 0301

Here's another left hand tuba, I thought this was an interesting looking conversion.

http://www.tuba.is.nl/tubas/358Lefty-doug-hubbard.jpg

Ben

dmmorris wrote:

"I heard one of the first run Telarc SACD discs....can't remember the piece. The entire orchestra was flipped. Ya-know....violins on the right, basses on the left...oops!"

From where I sit the violins ARE on the right! Am I the only one here who listens to orchestral music with the headphones reversed?

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LOTP wrote:From where I sit the violins ARE on the right! Am I the only one here who listens to orchestral music with the headphones reversed?

If you're in the orchestra, the violins are on your right ... if you're in the audience, the violins are on your left. And no, you're not the only one -- it can be useful to hear it from the orchestra's POV.