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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!

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

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).

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.

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"

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.

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!

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!

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

Chuck"who anticipates the ironic remark or two"Jackson

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.

Randy Beschorner wrote:condemned to the fires of eternal damnation

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

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.