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Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:04 pm
by The Big Ben
the elephant wrote:
If you *actually* want to do this then by all means give it a try. I just wanted to warn you off of all the work and expense. (I had a TubeNetter read my Eb tuba thread, try to do that at his house, where he butchered his bottom bow and bell in a Z-60 and then had the nerve to contact me privately to tell me off for all the bad advice I gave him. I had no idea who he was
"You told me how much fun it was to play cards at the casino and you actually came home with $5 of the $100 you took in. I went to try it and lost $1000! YOU RIPPED ME OFF! You're gonna hear from my lawyer!"
Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:57 am
by Heliconer
Ya know, for years I have wanted to take a YBB-201 Tuba, and configure it like one of those Lehnert Toilet seat (centennial) tubas. I have played a few of the Ebs and LOVE the way the sit on my shoulders without straining only one side of my back.
Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:33 am
by PMeuph
the elephant wrote:
If you *actually* want to do this then by all means give it a try. I just wanted to warn you off of all the work and expense. (I had a TubeNetter read my Eb tuba thread, try to do that at his house, where he butchered his bottom bow and bell in a Z-60 and then had the nerve to contact me privately to tell me off for all the bad advice I gave him. I had no idea who he was. I had never seen his screen name before. (He was a longtime lurker who only rarely posted.) He somehow read my thread as an instruction manual, that the tiny bit I showed in text and photos was actually a complete list of the work done. ...
There's comment you made somewhere about buying a cornet and messing around with that....
That is solid advice, everyone who wants to try a horn, should get a cheap instrument (<$50) (Trumpet, cornet, horn... whatever) and mess around with that. In the worst case they can end up with a wall decoration. In the best of cases they can appreciate the challenges, realize the limitations caused their "inexistant" skills and tools and move on or decide to get better.
Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:33 am
by Tabor
Casca Grossa wrote:Wade...I know you have privately told me that my ideas would never work (with a great explanation as to why) but I would still love to convert an old piston Eb to a 5 rotary valve configuration.
I don't see why that Eb idea couldn't work, if you don't have too many specifics as to how it looks and where everything goes. Wade might know more of the plan, but just making an old Eb in to a rotary doesn't sound like rocket surgery.
Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:04 pm
by Three Valves
the elephant wrote: You should see me take to new students at the university level. Oh, my god... HAHAHA!!!
I'm thinking...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdnH0J6jw0" target="_blank
Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:56 am
by roweenie
I've also contemplated making one of those Couesnon E flat tubas into something different.....(I've got the one I played on way back in grade school!)
It's encouraging to hear that a larger valve cluster improved it somewhat.
(The Buescher baritone hanging next to it will
someday become a BBb cimbasso.....
I hope...)
Re: Kicking Tires - Frankentuba Edition
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:43 am
by Tabor
Is it the York Eb? I heard of a 5 valve York Monster Eb being sold somewhere, and thought of the one you put together, Joe.
