F tuba shank?

[MartyNeilan]

FWIW, the shank on my older model Cerveny F was just a little smaller than the standard American size. The mouthpiece would fit, but stick out a lot. A previous owner had chopped the main slide to compensate.

[MartyNeilan]

FWIW, the shank on my older model Cerveny F was just a little smaller than the standard American size. The mouthpiece would fit, but stick out a lot. A previous owner had chopped the main slide to compensate.

Marty, was it still bigger than an English/bassbone shank?
The stick out alot part makes me wonder.

Yeah, picture it being about midway between a bassbone and stanrdard (American) tuba shank. A brass mouthpiece with a shaved shank would probably have been ideal. I wound up using a standard shank stainless steel mouthpiece. Since the shank was much thinner at the end, I don't know if it could have been shaved down.
Dang it, I miss that horn - doing Brahms German Requiem next month. Will just use the Bobo Solo on the big Kali and back w-a-y off - the horn gets a very focused, clear sound with that piece so it should get by if I keep the dynamics under wraps.

[sc_curtis]

The leadpipes on Alexander F tubas are HUGE! But your F isn't an Alex, so I guess you don't need to worry...

[Rick Denney]

Stupid Question

Do F tubas have different shank like CC and BBbs do....my 1291CC is clearly a euro shank, but my Miraphone 180F only fits my helleberg size shanks (which are standard right)

So when a mouthpiece company advertises a F tuba mouthpiece it SHOULD fit fine right

The receiver on my Yamaha 621 is a standard American shank, which is, of course, slightly smaller than a standard European shank. A mouthpiece with an American shank fits fine. The receiver on my B&S is slightly smaller than, say, my Miraphone 186, and the mouthpiece doesn't insert as far. But it inserts far enough. I use the same mouthpiece for both the B&S and the Yamaha (a Mike Finn MF-4).

Rick "whose shanks are all different sizes no matter what the pitch" Denney

[tubaguy9]

FWIW, the shank on my older model Cerveny F was just a little smaller than the standard American size. The mouthpiece would fit, but stick out a lot. A previous owner had chopped the main slide to compensate.

Marty, was it still bigger than an English/bassbone shank?
The stick out alot part makes me wonder.

Yeah, picture it being about midway between a bassbone and stanrdard (American) tuba shank. A brass mouthpiece with a shaved shank would probably have been ideal. I wound up using a standard shank stainless steel mouthpiece. Since the shank was much thinner at the end, I don't know if it could have been shaved down.
Dang it, I miss that horn - doing Brahms German Requiem next month. Will just use the Bobo Solo on the big Kali and back w-a-y off - the horn gets a very focused, clear sound with that piece so it should get by if I keep the dynamics under wraps.

I had to throw this in here: I love the German Requiem...

[MartyNeilan]

I had to throw this in here: I love the German Requiem...

Truth be told, this is one of the few pieces I would rather be playing the bass bone part instead of the tuba part (not that the tuba part is a bad part.)