Schillbrunner

[Michael Bush]

The "Schillbrunner" that jmerring has so helpfully documented his relationship with on here is now mine. It was a pleasure to meet Jim and I'm very pleased with the tuba. I experimented with different mouthpieces this morning, but don't have anything to say about the results yet.

[Tubaryan12]

Congrats. I wanted it, but it was too far and I was too broke to do anything about it.

[Michael Bush]

Thanks, tubaryan. When you get ready, I think these are fine horns. I have a lot of thoughts about why they have a bit of an image problem, and none of it has to do with playing, at least in my experience.

This is the heaviest and biggest bore tuba I can remember playing. It is, as others have said, a lot of metal. Is that why it's so sensitive to being warmed up? When it's cold, it's a lot of work for me to play it in tune. But when it's well warmed up it becomes a lot less trouble.

One pleasant surprise about this horn is that it speaks very easily in the upper register. Notes I struggled to get out on the 186 speak so easily on this horn that it's disorienting: My gut reaction is to think I've hit the wrong note.

As far as mouthpieces, I'm beginning to hone in on the PT-88 as my preference with it.

[b.williams]

I am glad you like your new horn. I am considering trying one. I understand that you like the upper register, I am curious about the low register. I am talking about between Bb below the bass clef staff and an octave below that. I am interested in your opinion.

[Michael Bush]

I am glad you like your new horn. I am considering trying one. I understand that you like the upper register, I am curious about the low register. I am talking about between Bb below the bass clef staff and an octave below that. I am interested in your opinion.

I'm not having any trouble down there that can't be attributed to me rather than the instrument. The history of this particular horn as I understand it is that it was stuffy down there from the factory, and also that it was tuned to A=443. The previous owner fixed both those problems at once by getting a longer main slide for it. It would be interesting to know if Laabs/Jin Bao have gotten that solved in the manufacturing process yet.

[b.williams]

Interesting.
Thank you.

[Michael Bush]

I have finally poked around enough to find this on Jinbao's web site. There was some question in another thread where Laabs was getting them from. This, I think, answers that question.

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