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Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:38 am
by Bob Kolada
Is the bell really the only difference between one of those little Booseys and the big 19" bell version?
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:35 pm
by aqualung
I already got a 15" bell for $450. And the nice thing is that there was an Imperial 3+1 already attached to it.
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:16 pm
by olaness1
A screw-on bell that would be made interchangeable with the original bell would be a nice idea.
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 3:42 pm
by iiipopes
olaness1 wrote:A screw-on bell that would be made interchangeable with the original bell would be a nice idea.
On my Bessophone, I got to play the same tuba with a detachable bell and without. The mass of the collar and tenon interfered with the response of several notes, including 1st ledger line 1st valve Eb. I must say I am not so sure that detachable bells for concert tubas in the modern age are a good idea.
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:30 pm
by T. J. Ricer
bloke wrote:That is an interesting idea, but French horn players have enough trouble keeping their threaded rings round and functional. I see far more serious damage done to tubas...not to mention the high cost of threaded rings that large, and the care that must be taken to install them without warping them.
Standard male and female slip collars, though, might be a reasonable option...??
I’d love to have the options of removable 15” 17” 19” and recording bells!
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 6:46 am
by olaness1
bloke wrote: Standard male and female slip collars, though, might be a reasonable option...??
Please excuse my ignorance, but what are these slip collars?
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:09 pm
by ken k
if I still had my B&H Imperial with the 19"bell, I would be interested.
kk
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:52 am
by Snake Charmer
A 15" straight and a recording bell added to the standard 19" bell in combination with my 4-way Blokepiece (two different shanks and an extender ring) would create 12 tubas out of one. This would be really great! The slip collar sounds sensible, I don't have a bigger horn so I don't like the idea of giving away the impressive 19". Sometimes size matters...
Re: POLL - aftermarket 15" BELL for compensating Eb tuba
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:05 am
by roweenie
Can you share the overall dimensions - length and diameter at the small end?