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[BigBrodtuba]

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[JHardisk]

Opinions are like noses.. everyone has one.

The best way to pick a tuba for YOU is to play them all. Custom music is a few hours from WWBW, you can play a PCK and PT6 in the same day. I'm not sure who might have a new Willson in stock..(I can't find any dealers other than Tuba Exchange).

And since I too have a nose, I'll suggest that you play the Thor and Miraphone 5/4's too!

[Tom Gregory]

...this is just my VERY biased opinion.
I have played a 3050 since 1995 and I love it. I tried the PT6 at that time and since then more recently. PT6 is great. The 3050 just feels more like home. The few times I tried the PCK I liked everything except the ergonomics. I don't have short arms and felt I had to reach too far.

Try them all (in playing situations, if possible). I just had Al Baer do my valve alignment in March and the 3050 is better than ever.

Remember, opinions are like a**holes, everyone's got one and they usually stink.
TG

[jonesbrass]

...this is just my VERY biased opinion.
I have played a 3050 since 1995 and I love it. I tried the PT6 at that time and since then more recently. PT6 is great. The 3050 just feels more like home. The few times I tried the PCK I liked everything except the ergonomics. I don't have short arms and felt I had to reach too far.

Try them all (in playing situations, if possible). I just had Al Baer do my valve alignment in March and the 3050 is better than ever.

Remember, opinions are like a**holes, everyone's got one and they usually stink.
TG

I also have a 3050, and love it. All the horns you listed are very high quality, but each is different. FWIW, the females in the band call it the "godzilla tuba," and I sit next to one of Deck's orginal 2165s!! It's a beast.

[tubazach07]

I would suggest trying the miraphone 1292. I was in a tuba studio with three other guys who played a willson 3050, a Gronitz Pck(who later got a HB 50), and a Pt6 rotary. I was easily able to hold my own when it came to producing a big tuba sound and holding down the low brass section in a orchestra and in a band. Plus its perfect for brass quintet work and solo work. Best all around tuba out there ( just my 2 cents). Also consider looking at the hirsbrunner HB 21. Best of luck with buying a tuba, always remember to be paitent and only pick the tuba that fits you.

[Tubman]

Go with the tuba that you sound the best on...AND get some outside opinions on the sound as well from your teacher or some other trained professional. The tuba I have (a lacquer PT-6P) was chosen by Professor Andrew Miller only after he tested a total of 12 PT-6P's with (I'm not sure if he has a doctorate, so correct me if I'm wrong) Gary Offenlach listening. Even then I play tested out a Gronitz PCK, Kalison Pro 2000, a Wilson 3050, Miraphone 1292 "New Yorker," and the near Tuba Exchange exclusive St. Petersburg CC-tuba before I bought the PT-6P from him.

Yes, the PT-6P has proven to be an incredible horn for me, but I made sure it was the RIGHT horn for me before I took the plunge. Play test anything and everything you can before you make a decision...it could save you a few thousand dollars.