Short bell stack BBb's

[iiipopes]

Re travel tubas -- didn't the original poster ask for a 4/4 or 5/4 sized instrument, which would leave out the travel instruments? Otherwise I would have posted a DEG Caravelle.

[Wyvern]

Re travel tubas -- didn't the original poster ask for a 4/4 or 5/4 sized instrument

I think discussing travel tubas was a typical TubeNet off-subject side chat. As least it was still about tubas!

[imperialbari]

And the OP was just so profoundly offended, wasn’t he?:

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[iiipopes]

Or maybe he was just being polite.

[GC]

If there's anyone to your left, a short stack front valve horn blows right into his ear.

[jmerring]

I was neither offended nor being polite. The suggestions that I had read were ones that I had not considered. The travel tubas WAS just a side trip and it was a well-intended one, at that.

As to the short stack playing in the ear of anyone to my left; in our wind ensemble, I am always on the far right (stage left) end of the back row. That, in itself, is strange to me is that I had always been used to sitting dead center, back row with any and all other tubas to my left. Our back row is (L - R) Trumpets, horns, trombones, euphs and me.

[Jeffrey Hicks]

If you want a cheap shortstack BBb I have a early Couesnon that is about the same size as a new 2341. It has three upright valves and for the money would at least give you an idea of what it would do for you....

[iiipopes]

The Couesnon would be a consideration, if you could deal with three valves. If I remember correctly, the bore is a little smaller, so it is a little lighter weight as well, and has good overtone development, which is also an aid to a player being able to hear oneself better.