A sad end.....

[LoyalTubist]

WE'VE BEEN DUPED!!!

[Chuck(G)]

It seems to me that if a monster liike this was all that desirable, one could lay up some fiberglass cloth and resin over a large form and have a heckuva do-it-yourself project. You could use a standard-size valve cluster, as you'd want something you actually stood a chance of playing.

It'd probably weight only a couple hundred pounds, tops.

[windshieldbug]

WE'VE BEEN DUPED!!!

No, looks like single to me

[Daniel C. Oberloh]

Here is one for the f tuba players out there. Hope you have long arms.


http://www.amati.cz/english/company/old/bigtuba.htm

Daniel C. Oberloh
Oberloh Woodwind and Brass Works
www.oberloh.com

[windshieldbug]

"It's not my fault, maestro! I played an F, but he fingered a G, and it was late besides! (I told them not to get a viola player for this!)"

[Gongadin]

Harvard University owns one of the Subcontrabass tubas. One hung from the ceiling of Carl Fischer's in NYC for many years. I am not sure, but this could be the one Harvard now posesses.

Two different instruments. Until Carl Fischer closed its store not too long ago, you could still see it. I don't know what they did with the horn with the store closing, but I'll bet that a bunch of folks know. IIRC, it was in pretty sad shape when the store closed.

On a recent trip to N.Y. (where I just missed Bob Stewart performing in a club) I stopped by Carl Fischer and expressed my desire to see the tuba. I wasn't aware that they had closed their doors to the public at the time. Unfortunately, the tuba is now in a glassed-in area right beside two of the company's main meeting rooms. It's basically now being used as an office decoration, one that they don't want to part with! I wanted to photograph the tuba, but it wasn't feasible and seemed even frowned upon. The receptionist told me she would just turn her back and I could try photographing the instrument, but through the glass and at that distance the results were dismal.