Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
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Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
At many Tubachristmases there is something I call the dinosaur section, a place for extinct or nearly extinct instruments. In Chicago someone brings their ophiclide and I bring my double bell euphonium. Harvey Phillips loved it! Play your cimbasso but be prepared to answer a lot of questions.
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Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
The best idea for NYC Tubachristmas -- bring the lightest and/or shittiest tuba you own. You will be standing the whole time and can't put it down, and the billion high school kids around you will smack into you constantly.
It's a good time, but I wouldn't want to bring anything that's too nice or too awkward to hold.
It's a good time, but I wouldn't want to bring anything that's too nice or too awkward to hold.
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Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
That's how I would approach ANY TubaChristmas event!bort wrote:The best idea for NYC Tubachristmas -- bring the lightest and/or shittiest tuba you own. You will be standing the whole time and can't put it down, and the billion high school kids around you will smack into you constantly.
Taking a cimbasso, to me, seems like it would magnify the problem(s).
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Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
I'm bringing an ophicleide to the Dallas and Fort Worth Tuba Christmases, and maybe Allen if enough people show. (I've been playing for about a month and I'm still figuring this thing out, so the more other players I can hide within, the better.) We shall see if I get shoo'd away.
Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
Yes. I wouldn't take my cimbasso anywhere near this crowd. Look at some of the instruments they bring and wonder at how they are still playable.bort wrote:... the billion high school kids around you will smack into you constantly.
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Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
brianf wrote:At many Tubachristmases there is something I call the dinosaur section, a place for extinct or nearly extinct instruments. In Chicago someone brings their ophiclide and I bring my double bell euphonium. Harvey Phillips loved it! Play your cimbasso but be prepared to answer a lot of questions.
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Re: Cimbasso at NYC Tubachristmas ?
I was pleased, but not surprised to see a cimbasso at NYC Tuba Christmas and I got a kick out of explaining the instrument to my low brass section (made the event a field trip for the brass band) and later to my father-in-law.
I was, however, surprised to hear it introduced with the pronunciation “CHim-bah-so”.
Just when you think you know it all...
I was, however, surprised to hear it introduced with the pronunciation “CHim-bah-so”.
Just when you think you know it all...
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1963 King 1250 Sousaphone ("Jackie O")
Aguilar Amplification
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Founder, L Train Brass Band