As further evidence of my not-so-gradual descent into madness, I have acquired a soprano tuba! More correctly, I found a flugel horn, which was magically morphed into a soprano tuba by brass guru, Tom Govlitz. Employing his sense of humor, he took it upon himself to add a nameplate to the bell, which has the name "Miniphone" etched on it!
Here is a picture of a Miraphone 184, and the so-called Miniphone (mini me):
I am thinking of trying it out in a quartet made up of the Miniphone, an Eb/F alto horn, euphonium, and (probably) a bass tuba. Quartet literature for trumpet, horn, trombone, & bass trombone/tuba should work if the (Eb)alto player transposes (I am going to ask a horn player to play it).
If the plan works, I'll be looking for a name for the group. If you would like to help....please keep it clean!!!
This should make the rest of you feel better about your lives!
It took me a couple of minutes before I realized why the camera was staying on the chick with the guitar during a trombone solo. I've heard people trying to sound like a trombone before, and ALMOST pull it off, but that was really amazing.
