Professional rotary Children?
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:22 pm
Smoothly action 4 Rotary Piston Valves , type in tune
Smoothly action 4 Rotary Piston Valves , type in tune
Having 2 grand children who love to "play" grandpa's tubas and having owned this model and the Bubbie 5, I can say from their experience, that they have an easier time blowing my 1912 Martin than the original Bubbie. Additionally, the Bubbie 5 is easier and more fun for them because it has larger bore and the size is easy for them to handle. I think they prefer the Martin or to climb into my tuba chair and blow into my 28k. Based on this experience, I'd conclude that the Bubbie 5 or a 3/4 horn would be the better kids horn.ValveSlide wrote:Actually, the original design http://jestaedt-instrumente.de/?page_id=340 is ideal for children. Children have a much smaller lung capacity and a lower flow rate. It's only more difficult for adults who want to pick it up and move the same rates as their regular instruments.Wyvern wrote:This is the travel tuba Wessex previous sold as the Bubbie manufactured by Hushen. You change the main tuning slide to lower to Eb.
These are good light travel tubas, but hardly ideal for Children as they take more work to play than a full size tuba.
Marketing something for unintended use then criticizing it doesn't make much sense.
The original Bubbie and the Jestaedt play very alike - not surprising as one is clone of the other, which Wessex incidentally had no hand in development (apart from the additional Eb slide) - but found and promoted in our earlier days, until we could develop something better.ValveSlide wrote:And... The original Jestaedt is in a completely different league than these "copies."
Since I've never seen or played on an original Jestaedt instrument, I defer to your expertise on them. Do you think the instrument offered for sale in this ad is an original or one of the copies?ValveSlide wrote:opus37 wrote: And... The original Jestaedt is in a completely different league than these "copies."