Besson Recording Bass at Baltimore Brass

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Re: Besson Recording Bass at Baltimore Brass

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Just on a quick browse I noticed they have some cool old Conn tubas too. One is a rotary horn even. Neat stuff!
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I've played that Conn rotary if it's the same one that's been there for quite a while. I like it, but don't have the room............. :(
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Re: Besson Recording Bass at Baltimore Brass

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Heavy_Metal wrote:I've played that Conn rotary if it's the same one that's been there for quite a while. I like it, but don't have the room............. :(
I hated that tuba when I played it almost 2 years ago. It had 1 good note, low BBb, which was the most huge, awesome, thunderous, outrageous low BBb I've ever played. Every other note sucked. I couldn't get anything close to a scale out of that tuba, no matter how hard I tried.

Needs a valve job? Air leaks? Since then has been fixed? Perhaps I'm just a terrible player? :tuba:

I wanted so badly to like that tuba, but it was not on the same planet for me.
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Re: Besson Recording Bass at Baltimore Brass

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When one says “odd looking English tuba” this image pops right into my head!!
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