How tall are you (and tuba players on average)?

ZNC Dandy · Post by **ZNC Dandy** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:22 pm

6'4" 215lbs.
Body fat used to be single digits, but now its about 10-12%
As for the stereotype of beer drinkers being un-svelte...I am quite svelte and drink quite alot of beer...

Davy · Post by **Davy** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:06 pm

5'10" (big surprise) and around 150lbs.

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:00 am

Tubachin · Post by **Tubachin** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:05 pm

6'-0" and 160lbs or 1.83m and 72.6kg for our international members...

WVUtubaman12 · Post by **WVUtubaman12** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:21 pm

SÃ¸ren · Post by **SÃ¸ren** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:11 am

6'5"

David Richoux · Post by **David Richoux** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:09 pm

I am 6"4" but I guess the average height of the California Repercussion Sousaphone section is about 5' 9" (we have men and women.)
In the Los Trancos Woods Community Marching Band the tuba/Sousaphone section has been very varied - low 5s to 6' 5" and I have met two jazz tubists who are more than 5 inches taller than me.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:23 pm

I wanted to watch some of the results before I jumped in. I am quite (pleasantly) surprised at the number of other tuba players who measure out at 5'7" on this board. I always figured I was one of the only ones below 6'.

bort · Post by **bort** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:59 pm

5' 11"

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:13 pm

Dare I bring it up - but it seems that the old stereotype of tuba players being big heavyset guys has some merit - BUT -

is it a case of big heavyset (notice the use of the PC (or should it properly be called these days horizontally challenged) word for fat

) musically inclined kids are attracted to the tuba because it is the musical instrument reflection of themselves or is it the band director needs a tuba player and looks around for the biggest kid he can find in band who he thinks can hold up a sousaphone without collasping?

I remember I wanted to play the tuba back in 4th grade but the BD insisted I had the lips for the cornet and I had to push for four years to switch to tuba.

Was 5'11" now 5'10" as the years go by gravity is still pulling me down making me even shorter - hate gravity.

Tuba Guy · Post by **Tuba Guy** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:28 pm

5'11-5'12ish...as of the last time I checked

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:10 pm

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:44 pm

I forgot to mention my weight. 6'4", 335lbs.

My friend in this photo is 5'11, 180. I'm holding my YFB-621.
Mono Lake, CA.

Tubists tend to be larger fellas'. Makes sense, doesn't it?

k001k47 · Post by **k001k47** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:43 pm

Tuba Guy wrote:5'12ish

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5'9", fat

katietes · Post by **katietes** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:33 am

I don't think I'm quite the shortest, but I come in at 5'5"... where are the ladies in this thread??

Bob Kolada · Post by **Bob Kolada** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:31 pm

katietes wrote:I don't think I'm quite the shortest, but I come in at 5'5"

I call BS on this.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32776&p=288394#p288394

tuba72 · Post by **tuba72** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:05 pm

6'5" and hovering aroung 300 lbs. I started playing in 7th grade(up from trumpet). I agree partly with the person who talked about starting up in school. I think I was the biggest dog in the pound so they thought I could handle it!

katietes · Post by **katietes** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:39 pm

Bob Kolada wrote:
katietes wrote:I don't think I'm quite the shortest, but I come in at 5'5"
I call BS on this.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32776&p=288394#p288394

I think the tiny chair skews the proportions of that picture, haha

rocksanddirt · Post by **rocksanddirt** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:37 pm

5'7-ish 150lbs.

so, on the small side....

TMurphy · Post by **TMurphy** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:51 am

6'0"...and definitely not svelte. Going to start changing that soon, though...

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