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This Looks Like Fun!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:50 am
by Dan Schultz
http://cgi.ebay.com/CONN-HELICAN-TUBA-W ... dZViewItem
Note the loooong main tuning slide!... something made necessary by the shorter bell-stack.
Re: This Looks Like Fun!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:49 pm
by Chuck(G)
TubaTinker wrote:...necessary by the shorter bell-stack.
Either that, or the horn was a high-pitch model to start with and the tuning slide was extended to compensate...
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:16 pm
by windshieldbug
Is it more related to a pecan, or a pelican?
Re: This Looks Like Fun!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:26 pm
by Dan Schultz
Chuck(G) wrote:TubaTinker wrote:...necessary by the shorter bell-stack.
Either that, or the horn was a high-pitch model to start with and the tuning slide was extended to compensate...
Naw... that's just a plain old ordinary Conn 14K. I had to extend the slide on my helicon about two inches even though the stack appears longer. Here's a picture of the helicon and a 36K side-by-side. Same valve section ('cept for the 4th valve on the helicon).
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:36 pm
by jacobg
So is it a factory made helicon or is it a sousaphone with some sort of upright tuba bell?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:39 pm
by Dan Schultz
jacobg wrote:So is it a factory made helicon or is it a sousaphone with some sort of upright tuba bell?
It's not factory.... but rather a custom 'project'. Nice concept... being able to utilize a sousa case.