A Lenten Confession

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:20 pm

Hey, you're not alone. When I got back into tuba playing after (mumble) years away, I tried my best to like the newest, best, brightest, deepest, (fill in your adjective) CC tubas, and ordered hard copy glossy brochures from B&S, Rudy Meinl, etc., and downloaded others.

In the end, I had more fun playing an old Conn/Cavalier souzy and a Besson BBb 3-valve comp, and finally "upgraded" to a 4-valve BBb Miraphone 186 that has its original recording bell for outdoor gigs and a retrofitted upright bell for indoor "serious" gigs.

You are not alone, and BBb is not a "sin to be confessed," but rather the noble and substantial foundation that it is to be embraced and celebrated.

Happy Easter!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:57 pm

Happy Easter - and remember, He is 'risen' to CC (from BBb

)

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:44 pm

I can certainly appreciate your sentiment.BBb is home,CC and F are just visiting.But, there are certainly times when CC and F are more appropriate,IMO, and having the right equipment for a specific job is a must.Maybe if I owned BBb's in several sizes....Nah....I'm pretty happy with the Holton BBb,the B&S f, and a borrowed older 186 4u CC to fill the gap(thanks Actuba).

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:42 pm

It's those who don't play B-flat who should be confessing.

I'll confess, that I'd like to get a decent E-flat, one of these days, when I get around to it. The 14j is tolerable, but just barely.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:43 pm

SplatterTone wrote:It's those who don't play B-flat who should be confessing.

Well it may be the more stuffy British style compensated B flats, but I will confess I am not a fan of BBb tubas (there it is out!

).

I did play British style top valve BBb for 20 years before I got an Eb and found the smaller tuba a revelation - at last I could fully musically express myself. That really renewed my enthusiasm and my love of playing has gone up ever since.

To me, the CC is a very good marrying of the lyricism of the Eb with the weight of the BBb.

Jonathan "just stating his (opposing) views"

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:10 pm

Vivre la differance!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:00 pm

After "mumble" years of Bb everything, my Eb is the tuba I insist be buried with me.
Bloke's 6/4 BBb might be fun to take for a test drive.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:03 am

tubatooter1940 wrote:the tuba I insist be buried with me.

Well I have wondered about having my mouthpiece buried with me to play tubas in the after life!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:32 am

duckskiff wrote:
tubatooter1940 wrote:After "mumble" years of Bb everything, my Eb is the tuba I insist be buried with me.
Whoa! That's one big casket. Perhaps you should be cremated and buried inside the Eb.

That'll work!

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:32 pm

I gave up giving up stuff for Lent. It's just easier that way.

Chuck"who anticipates the ironic remark or two"Jackson

Randy Beschorner · Post by **Randy Beschorner** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:19 pm

I gave up Mass for Lent one year. Father O'Malley at Mercy Hospital was apoplectic

about it until one of the other Irish priests in the chaplain's office told him that I was a black-hearted protestant already condemned to the fires of eternal damnation.

With that news, O'Malley suddenly felt better.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:33 pm

Randy Beschorner wrote:condemned to the fires of eternal damnation

or accordian music, I'm pretty sure it's one of the two...

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:37 pm

windshieldbug wrote:
Randy Beschorner wrote:condemned to the fires of eternal damnation
or accordian music, I'm pretty sure it's one of the two...

I shudder to contemplate being locked in a small closet for all eternity with Donnie and Marie Osmond.