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My tuba from 9th grade till college was a Meinl Weston 25. Then in college I went from a 188 to a B&S PT-5 (pistons). After college I used mainly a Conn 36J and a Besson 981. All of these (at least the models I owned) were able to take a lot of air and for a hall filling sound, really needed the player to crank it out. That was easy for me, because it was what I always knew...

Now I am playing a horn that has the characteristic that I have heard many talk about. For the horn to really get the hall to respond and for the horn to resonate, you have to back off slightly and let the horn do some of the work. It is taking some getting used to, but I like what the horn does. For those that perform on these beasts, any suggestions on how to attack loud passages? Just curious what other options to try out......

Thor clone, same as Thomann 50 CC....

bloke wrote:Give any instrument what it needs to do what you want it to do.
i.e. Imposing our will/our methods on an instrument that isn't interested in our will/our methods isn't necessarily going to be productive.

+1000

Unfortunately that also often means finding the correct mouthpiece to facilitate the expression in that instance...

I normally play on a Schilke HII, but this horn really prefers the PT88. Even in the high range, the 88 is very at ease...