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Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:33 pm
by DouglasJB
Are there any decent Chinese Piston F tubas out there? I know about the BMB F, but are there any others out there and How do they play? Looking for input from people who have tried any

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:31 am
by Rivercity Tuba
Eastman should have one out soon. The prototype had great pitch. When I say soon within a year.

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:43 am
by DouglasJB
I remember talking to Chuck about it, and I completely forgot about that one.

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:10 am
by Ken Crawford
bloke wrote:Doesn't Wisemann offer a knock-off of that Italian-made piston F tuba?
Wisemann doesn't seem to make tubas anymore. I think they've gone completely to making Melodicas and kazoos.

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:52 pm
by Wyvern
Wessex will have out two models of piston valve F tubas in the next year, one compensated based on the British F (in both 3+1 and front piston configurations) and the other a new original design

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:15 pm
by DouglasJB
Is there any info available for the non compensating F tuba design?

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:16 pm
by DouglasJB
Is there any info available for the non compensating F tuba design?

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:47 pm
by MikeMason
Reguarding the wisemann f tuba. A while back I emailed the U.S. distributor and he said they had several of the f tubas left. I didn’t persue it. He quoted 3890.00, that may have been wholesale.

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:54 pm
by MikeMason
There could not have been one much worse than the original firebird clone !?

Re: Any decent Chinese Piston F tuba out there?

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 6:59 pm
by Wyvern
DouglasJB wrote:Is there any info available for the non compensating F tuba design?
Not at this stage - we have been through 5 prototypes already in the quest to perfect. Some new models work out perfect first time, while others go through much evolution before good enough to release