Tempest Agility Tubas
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eupho
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Tempest Agility Tubas
I would like to hear from anyone who owns any of the Tempest Agility tuba models.
2052sg Euphonium-
2110L BBb tuba
3/4 Conn Eb tuba
Southern Tier Concert Band(euph)]
Vestal(NY) Community Band(tuba)
Maine(NY) Community Band(conductor)
2110L BBb tuba
3/4 Conn Eb tuba
Southern Tier Concert Band(euph)]
Vestal(NY) Community Band(tuba)
Maine(NY) Community Band(conductor)
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eupho
- 4 valves
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Re: Tempest Agility Tubas
I agree that they are over priced and do not respond to emails.
2052sg Euphonium-
2110L BBb tuba
3/4 Conn Eb tuba
Southern Tier Concert Band(euph)]
Vestal(NY) Community Band(tuba)
Maine(NY) Community Band(conductor)
2110L BBb tuba
3/4 Conn Eb tuba
Southern Tier Concert Band(euph)]
Vestal(NY) Community Band(tuba)
Maine(NY) Community Band(conductor)
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Aglenntuba
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Re: Tempest Agility Tubas
I have had a Tempest salesman tell me to my face that their tubas are made in Germany. I have no evidence for or against this but the general consensus seems to be that they are not.
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eupho
- 4 valves
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Re: Tempest Agility Tubas
SO must be nobody owns one.
2052sg Euphonium-
2110L BBb tuba
3/4 Conn Eb tuba
Southern Tier Concert Band(euph)]
Vestal(NY) Community Band(tuba)
Maine(NY) Community Band(conductor)
2110L BBb tuba
3/4 Conn Eb tuba
Southern Tier Concert Band(euph)]
Vestal(NY) Community Band(tuba)
Maine(NY) Community Band(conductor)
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LCTuba89
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Re: Tempest Agility Tubas
Overpriced garbage. Go for Mack Brass or Wessex.
Melton 2155R 5/4 CC Tuba
Conn International Rotary 4/4 BBb Tuba
Conn International Rotary 4/4 BBb Tuba
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Michael Bush
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Re: Tempest Agility Tubas
Nor does anyone have a video of one being played in a quintet.eupho wrote:SO must be nobody owns one.
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Samcai8
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Re: Tempest Agility Tubas
I own one. The 3/4 marching tuba.
It's just a Jinbao, but was more than 2x the price ($2600 currently) of a Schiller model ($997, same tuba). I emailed them multiple times about questions, but was never contacted again. Complete scam...
The finish wears away fast and is paper thin. So is the metal. It plays extremely sharp, even with the main AND fine tuning slides out all the way. It's really loud, slotting is good, and the valves are actually really good, but at the end of the day, it's a tuba-shaped-object. The projection is very directional, so even if you're only a few meters off where it's pointing, the volume is like half as loud. That's a common quality of these horns, but it's just magnified in this one. The tone is terrible. It dents like crazy. The plating is bad. I can't find a use for it besides maybe visual auditions for band/drum corps
I used in a DCI soundsport group for one season. It's fine for a fun tuba (think pep bands and annoying your director), but not something for ANY serious playing. Going to try and sell it soon, but I doubt I'll find a buyer.
It's just a Jinbao, but was more than 2x the price ($2600 currently) of a Schiller model ($997, same tuba). I emailed them multiple times about questions, but was never contacted again. Complete scam...
The finish wears away fast and is paper thin. So is the metal. It plays extremely sharp, even with the main AND fine tuning slides out all the way. It's really loud, slotting is good, and the valves are actually really good, but at the end of the day, it's a tuba-shaped-object. The projection is very directional, so even if you're only a few meters off where it's pointing, the volume is like half as loud. That's a common quality of these horns, but it's just magnified in this one. The tone is terrible. It dents like crazy. The plating is bad. I can't find a use for it besides maybe visual auditions for band/drum corps
I used in a DCI soundsport group for one season. It's fine for a fun tuba (think pep bands and annoying your director), but not something for ANY serious playing. Going to try and sell it soon, but I doubt I'll find a buyer.
-Sam