NSO Tubist plays F Tuba???

Jarrod · Post by **Jarrod** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:12 am

Mirafone1 is asking $6,500, but will take anything over $2,000

sc_curtis · Post by **sc_curtis** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:17 pm

mirafone1 wrote:I've got a Mirafone CC 186-5U (5 rotory valve) tuba for sale. It's been sitting in a closet at my parent's place for 7 years. I only play it when I go home for the holidays.
The horn is 11 years old, in great shape, and comes with a hard case and flight case. I am asking $6,500 for the lot. I need to sell fast so I can pay for my new expensive F tuba. Pics available upon request.

Not only does he need an F tuba, he is flaunting it in front of all of you!!!

Mayhem, I say!!!!!!!!!!!

sc_curtis · Post by **sc_curtis** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:29 pm

RoyceLandon wrote:I think everyone is just jealous because I can play a mean tuba and they can't.

Honestly, how hard is it to play a "mean" tuba? Is it really that much different from playing a "nice" tuba, or even an "indifferent" one?

What about a "sad" tuba, or a "happy" tuba? Did the Happy Farmer play on a happy tuba? Or did the personalities have to clash a little, kinda like opposites attracting?

I would personally like to play test some "slightly annoyed" tubas, or maybe even some "bi-polar" ones.

Sounds like another "piston vs rotor" or "silver vs lacquer vs un-lacquered" debate to me...

RoyceLandon wrote:And I have a huge dong.

No comment.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:35 pm

RoyceLandon wrote:And I have a huge dong.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:57 pm

Awful_Clyde wrote:How has the Army's breakfast made you a better tubist?

MRE's means you're up at the "crack" of dawn...

bttmbow · Post by **bttmbow** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:15 am

Honestly this thread is quite charming but...
if you have an F tuba that can work in your hall and with your orchestra, it probably would be very good.

Steve would not have chosen to use the F for "wussy" reasons, only timbre reasons.

"that's what I'M talkin' bout!"
Bpppppppppppppplt!

lprince · Post by **lprince** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:26 pm

buffythetuba wrote:the ONLY reason i got to NSO concerts is to see steve. not to hear him, to see him. i think he is sooooo hot! i sit in the chorister seats so i can get real close.....

hahahaha
word

Michael Woods · Post by **Michael Woods** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:25 pm

RoyceLandon wrote:I saw the NSO play Brahms 2 last night, and Steve Dumaine was playing an F tuba!!!! WHY???? I can't believe he would play it on F. What a wuss!!

I've found that playing it on C is not that difficult. It only goes up to a Bb. You'd think that a person like Steve Dumaine would be able to play a Bb on a C tuba!

Landon, OUT!

"If it were up to me, we would tune to Royce." - Claudio Abbado

What a horrible statement to make. Your dumb.

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