Wessex Tubas - what would you like?

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Dunno if the thread has ceased, but I'd like to see a Eb tornister and a Gnagey with rotary valves.
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5/4 rotary BBb please. e.g., Fafner or Cerveny Kaiser. Or at least a miraclone 191 BBb.

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A high quality either plastic or wood cimbasso case that has latches, instead of the zipper.

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Douglas wrote:A high quality either plastic or wood cimbasso case that has latches, instead of the zipper.
The Wessex cimbasso case is already wooden with latches
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https://imgur.com/gallery/wPmH3

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I want one of these. You could call this a Normaphone, though, real normaphone don't look this similar to saxes!
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Luzern and Danube in all yellow brass???
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MoCoTubaBone wrote:Luzern and Danube in all yellow brass???
We can supply those to order, but cannot keep inventory of too many choices
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Any thoughts of producing a French C (6 valves) Tuba?
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I second a french c tuba ( six valves ) would be great
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I third that! (but I already have one...)
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A French C tuba is a future possibility if we could find a good one to use as a basis. The couple I have played were not good enough.

If we did eventually make, I would propose with modern fingering like a 6-valve F tuba
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Wyvern wrote:A French C tuba is a future possibility if we could find a good one to use as a basis. The couple I have played were not good enough.

If we did eventually make, I would propose with modern fingering like a 6-valve F tuba

Couldn't you just "cut" a Euphonium to C?
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kmorgancraw wrote: Couldn't you just "cut" a Euphonium to C?
A French C tuba does not sound like a euphonium I believe - it is one of the saxhorn family
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Again a good piston F would be nice
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Wyvern wrote:A French C tuba is a future possibility if we could find a good one to use as a basis. The couple I have played were not good enough.

If we did eventually make, I would propose with modern fingering like a 6-valve F tuba
It'd be great if you made 'em in original configuration, if for no other reason than authenticity. The 6th valve (drops the horn a 5th) isn't really necessary though; just adds a bunch of straight tubing which ends up making the instrument sound bass-trombony.

Here you can see the back of mine: the 5th is originally a half-step, but comes with a clever extension which makes a whole-step. Pretty cool.

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UncleBeer wrote:
Wyvern wrote:A French C tuba is a future possibility if we could find a good one to use as a basis. The couple I have played were not good enough.

If we did eventually make, I would propose with modern fingering like a 6-valve F tuba
It'd be great if you made 'em in original configuration, if for no other reason than authenticity. The 6th valve (drops the horn a 5th) isn't really necessary though; just adds a bunch of straight tubing which ends up making the instrument sound bass-trombony.

Here you can see the back of mine: the 5th is originally a half-step, but comes with a clever extension which makes a whole-step. Pretty cool.

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Very interesting. What are the other valves tuned to?
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arpthark wrote:Very interesting. What are the other valves tuned to?
1 and 2 are 'normal'. 3rd was originally a major 3rd (2+3) instead of a minor 3rd (1+2) but I cut it to a minor 3rd. 4th is a 4th (1+3).
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UncleBeer wrote:
arpthark wrote:Very interesting. What are the other valves tuned to?
1 and 2 are 'normal'. 3rd was originally a major 3rd (2+3) instead of a minor 3rd (1+2) but I cut it to a minor 3rd. 4th is a 4th (1+3).
What mouthpiece do you use? Is it a large Euph, Tuba or perhaps something in between, like a Contrabone piece?
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Heliconer wrote:
What mouthpiece do you use? Is it a large Euph, Tuba or perhaps something in between, like a Contrabone piece?
I use a Yamaha Bobo tenor tuba mouthpiece, only because I used this instrument extensively with my orchestra, and I just needed a bigger piece to keep up with the rest of the brass. Here are pictures (L to R) of the original mouthpiece that came with the horn, a Schilke 51D, and the Bobo piece:

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A quality 3/4 BBb/CC tuba. Something inspired by the Conn 2-3-4-5J family maybe, maybe larger bore. Definitely 4 piston valve (opt 5th rotor), and valve front. Offer a CC and a BBb version like Conn. Anything like that in the hopper?
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