What is this Besson tuba?

roknrich · Post by **roknrich** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:12 pm

Can anyone here identify what key this tuba is in? Thanks for any help!
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roknrich · Post by **roknrich** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:18 pm

Thanks for the info! So, what would be the effective range of this instrument; lowest note? Does the compensating system allow it to play lower than a non-compensated Eb tuba?

LauriH · Post by **LauriH** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:35 am

Actually it seems to be non-compensated. If it would be compensated there would me extra tubing in the back of first and third valve. In addition I don't see any fourth valve at all. So lowest you could get is A bellow staff + pedal tones. I wouldn't buy this tuba unless I would need it in a marching band and there would be bigger tubas to handle the low register.

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:41 am

It's a compensator. Note how one leg of the 3rd valve slide loops back to the 1st valve. Also note the little loop coming out of the bell side of the 1st valve--that's the compensation loop for that valve.

Your low A will be somewhat sharp, but most other notes should be very much "on".

Anterux · Post by **Anterux** » Wed May 03, 2006 6:58 am

As Chuck(G) said, it's a compensator. No doubts about it.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Wed May 03, 2006 9:21 pm

And... if you look hard, you can see that it has two sets of valve slides.