Mini Travel F Tuba

BriceT · Post by **BriceT** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:15 pm

I just discovered this amazing little F travel tuba on Alan Baer's website. Soon to be released? Very cool I think!

http://www.baertracksmusic.com/index.ph ... t=1&id=244

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:23 pm

Is that enough tubing?
It looks like a euphonium to me.

I want to play on it!

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more info please

BriceT · Post by **BriceT** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:29 pm

k001k47 wrote:
I want to play on it!

I know, me too!

jonesbrass · Post by **jonesbrass** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:10 pm

I wonder if it has a stuffy low C . . .

J.c. Sherman · Post by **J.c. Sherman** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:35 pm

Gimme Gimme Gimme!

J.c.S.

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:50 pm

Just so you know, Alan Baer plays this horn in the New York Philharmonic.

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:52 pm

tubashaman wrote:he plays on the kodiak F for the NY Phil

SHHHH

He plays on the mini travel F

Anywho....

Has anyone ever seen this tuba in person?

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:11 pm

k001k47 wrote:Has anyone ever seen this tuba in person?

Hey, it's small, but not that small.

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:47 pm

I'm pretty sure I played this horn at MWRTEC last year, unless someone else makes a mini-travel-F... If it is the same horn, it actually plays great--no stuffy low C.

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:02 pm

The Jackson wrote:
k001k47 wrote:Has anyone ever seen this tuba in person?
Hey, it's small, but not that small.

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:39 pm

Rosco wrote:so would it be a .5/4?

but it plays like a 6/4

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:26 am

Well of course to Yoda it would be a 6/4.....

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:22 am

Rob wrote:Well of course to Yoda it would be a 6/4.....

"When 6/4 horn you play, sound as good you will not, hmmm?"

Cunningham · Post by **Cunningham** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:54 am

Cool, a Bydlo tuba!

Isn't this just an F euphonium?

Anybody know how much these will cost? I want one!

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:56 pm

Roger Lewis · Post by **Roger Lewis** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:40 am

photo of me playing the instrument under discussion. Since the photo on Mr. Baer's web site they have modified it with a screw bell ala French horn.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:37 am

That is incredibly small - looks smaller than a euphonium!

I suppose good for travelling soloists living out of a suit case for practice purposes. But how does it hold up in an ensemble?

Jonathan "who thinks the M-W 182 F is generally small enough"

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:06 am

jszkutko wrote:Why the removable bell? Is it too big to travel with??

Actually, yes. By taking the bell off of that little thang, the exterior dimensions of a case come down probably three or four inches in each direction. With a properly tailored custom bag, that tuba could probably be snuck on the plane as a carry-on.

Roger, is there a hard case for the detachable bell model, and if so, can you give us dimensions?

Roger Lewis · Post by **Roger Lewis** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:14 am

the plan is to offer the horn as a "kit". That would be: the horn; a flight style briefcase; a practice mute. The horn with the bell detached would fit into a briefcase that is custom made to accomodate this instrument and has a cut-out for a practice mute as well.

This way, if you should fly through one of the British airports with your lap top and find out at the gate that you are only allowed ONE carry-on, and that one of your two bags MUST go under the plane (for a hefty fee), the horn would be in a case that can withstand the rigors of being handled by the airport gorillas.

The horn plays great and I can see some wise-a$$ dragging it our for Mahler I and giving the bassoon player fits by actually being able to play it softer than they can. This is truly a remarkable instrument and it plays wery well.

Peace.
Roger

cambrook · Post by **cambrook** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:23 am

Hi Roger,

Any idea on pricing at this stage, and when it will be available?
I like your thought of spooking the bassoonist in Mahler 1, how would it actually go on Bydlo?

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