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How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:28 pm
by Leto Cruise
I've acquired a mental image of a tuba player being over 6" tall, although personally I'm only 5'10".
Throughout my life, there has never been a short tuba player come accross my sight. How tall are you?
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:29 pm
by Rochester2013
I am 6'4"
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:43 pm
by Chadtuba
I'm 5' 11" most of the others that I play with are 6+ with one exception, a friend of mine is only about 5'4" and it shows when she lines up with the rest of the sousa line.
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:25 pm
by tbn.al
I am 5'10" and I used to be sveldt..........before you were born.
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:39 pm
by tubafatness
5'10", (seems to be a trend going here.)
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:52 pm
by The Jackson
I am six feet tall.
(As I've mentioned before, my height got in the way of playing my Yamaha 621. Some folks my height and taller do just fine with the same kind of horn; I just can not live with it without a stand)
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:54 pm
by Bob Kolada
6'10"
I win.
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:01 pm
by tubatom91
6' 02"
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:49 pm
by Dan Schultz
5' 11". You didn't ask for weight but I'm 240 pounds. Many of the tuba players I know are on the 'heavy' side.
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:03 pm
by scottw
5'10'', which is about the usual for tubists around my area. And not svelte!
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:32 pm
by SplatterTone
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:30 am
by Dan Schultz
KiltieTuba wrote:yea where did this stereotype of rather heavy-set players come from? I only weigh about 163lbs, with an estimated 15% body fat
Give it another 20 years!
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:04 am
by bearphonium
5'7". Not svelte. Other stereotype: Beer drinker. See "not svelte".
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:44 am
by Donn
TubaTinker wrote:KiltieTuba wrote:yea where did this stereotype of rather heavy-set players come from? I only weigh about 163lbs, with an estimated 15% body fat
Give it another 20 years!
I bet I have 30 years on him, still right around there (and 6' 2''.) I think we are not all equally endowed in this respect, but there are also some lifestyle issues (and I'm not really talking about beer.)
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:27 am
by George
I'm 5'5'', but I play on a Cerveny Piggy to compensate.
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:06 pm
by MaryAnn
No longer active as a brass player, but I was still just a tad under 5'3" when I was active. I'm still about 100# sopping wet.
MA
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:34 pm
by Teubonium
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:12 pm
by ken k
5' 10.5"
200 lbs (on a good day)
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:31 am
by Dylan King
6'4"
Re: How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:52 am
by jamsav
6 feet 210 lbs- The guys I play with are generally taller and thinner !! I ll try to help them with that....
