Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition

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Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition

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the elephant wrote: If you *actually* want to do this then by all means give it a try. I just wanted to warn you off of all the work and expense. (I had a TubeNetter read my Eb tuba thread, try to do that at his house, where he butchered his bottom bow and bell in a Z-60 and then had the nerve to contact me privately to tell me off for all the bad advice I gave him. I had no idea who he was
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Ya know, for years I have wanted to take a YBB-201 Tuba, and configure it like one of those Lehnert Toilet seat (centennial) tubas. I have played a few of the Ebs and LOVE the way the sit on my shoulders without straining only one side of my back.
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the elephant wrote: If you *actually* want to do this then by all means give it a try. I just wanted to warn you off of all the work and expense. (I had a TubeNetter read my Eb tuba thread, try to do that at his house, where he butchered his bottom bow and bell in a Z-60 and then had the nerve to contact me privately to tell me off for all the bad advice I gave him. I had no idea who he was. I had never seen his screen name before. (He was a longtime lurker who only rarely posted.) He somehow read my thread as an instruction manual, that the tiny bit I showed in text and photos was actually a complete list of the work done. ...
There's comment you made somewhere about buying a cornet and messing around with that....

That is solid advice, everyone who wants to try a horn, should get a cheap instrument (<$50) (Trumpet, cornet, horn... whatever) and mess around with that. In the worst case they can end up with a wall decoration. In the best of cases they can appreciate the challenges, realize the limitations caused their "inexistant" skills and tools and move on or decide to get better.
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Casca Grossa wrote:Wade...I know you have privately told me that my ideas would never work (with a great explanation as to why) but I would still love to convert an old piston Eb to a 5 rotary valve configuration.
I don't see why that Eb idea couldn't work, if you don't have too many specifics as to how it looks and where everything goes. Wade might know more of the plan, but just making an old Eb in to a rotary doesn't sound like rocket surgery.
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the elephant wrote: You should see me take to new students at the university level. Oh, my god... HAHAHA!!!
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I've also contemplated making one of those Couesnon E flat tubas into something different.....(I've got the one I played on way back in grade school!)

It's encouraging to hear that a larger valve cluster improved it somewhat.

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Is it the York Eb? I heard of a 5 valve York Monster Eb being sold somewhere, and thought of the one you put together, Joe.
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