3/4 Tubas for Beginners?

[MartyNeilan]

If they are little little, the smallest size yamahas, especially the older front action ones no longer made, work great.

[Dave Hayami]

In my School program, we start Instrumental music in 6th grade.
Over the last several years, I have "collected" several different tubas to help fit the size of the kids.
Smallest with a surprisingly nice sound, Besson "2-20"/"Stratford"( It's the one with a strage looking 3rd valve wrap, also marketed as an over the shoulder marching tuba)
small 3/4 size, 13" bell, .67? bore but heavy.
As mentioned before, YBB 103 Light and small. with front action valves.
(Schlepp beat me out of one on FLeaBay)
Small 4/4 Old's 0-99/Reynolds/Bach clone. This what most of the 8th Grade students play as they have finally grown into this size horn. (still with a .67? bore. )
Joe's Schafer tuba should fit in for smaller kids, I have an older King 1140
here as well.
YBB 102, school owns one, about the same size as 103. but a top action horn.
If funding becomes available, I'm trying to get either a Weril 4V(690?) or Jupiter 4V (482?)
Hope this helps,
Dave Hayami

[iiipopes]

There are a couple of the older Olds 3-valves, for some reason, in the basement of my undergrad. I have written a letter to the department chair, who I did go to undergrad with, about donating them to a middle school. She has not responded, and I'd like to think I can add the word "yet" to the end of this sentence.