Elephantubas

[timdicarlo]

Saw this while perusing the works of Vladimir Kush. Thought y'all would appreciate it.

[The Big Ben]

The artist must have been traveling around Mississippi. That's where the tuba playing elephants are in this country...

[jamsav]

maybe a 1291 with a custom lead pipe in front, a Cerveny piggy or possibly a Kalison from a few yrs ago in the back- third one ? Cant tell but looks Belgian or perhaps Czech....

[David Richoux]

I did this a while back:

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the more portable version

[timdicarlo]

Tim, have you seen the Magritte stuff? He loved the tuba, especially when it was on fire. I like to look at his tuba paintings (several) when I am having a bad practice session![/img]

That... is awesome. Makes me want to get one of those flamethrower rings they sell for sousaphones. Good stuff!

[David Richoux]

Tim, have you seen the Magritte stuff? He loved the tuba, especially when it was on fire. I like to look at his tuba paintings (several) when I am having a bad practice session![/img]

That... is awesome. Makes me want to get one of those flamethrower rings they sell for sousaphones. Good stuff!

Sell???
The only one I have ever seen (or heard of) was custom designed and hand built
- for Tubatron!

if there are others about - let us all know, please...

[timdicarlo]

Oh. I was under the impression you could buy them, but I had just heard that from somebody awhile back and didn't question it. Probably inaccurate. Sorry to get your hopes up!

[David Richoux]

Oh. I was under the impression you could buy them, but I had just heard that from somebody awhile back and didn't question it. Probably inaccurate. Sorry to get your hopes up!

I know a lot of people in the "Fire Arts" (we have a lot of them in the Bay Area because of Burning Man) but they hesitate to do another version of Tubatron - the metal is so thin around the bell they worry about cracking and melting. I have looked closely at Dave Silverman's horn - it is still OK after several years operation.

[timdicarlo]

See, I always imagined it to be more like this in design (excuse the hastily-scribbled diagram):

I figured the ring would be thick and fire-retardant enough to protect the bell, and the nozzles would direct the flames outward for quick bursts, instead of a continuous fire. Of course, I've never worked with pyrotechnics, so this is based purely on beginner's logic-- things that seem like they would work. If anybody has an idea of how well this design would work in practice, I'd be interested to hear it.

[imperialbari]

The artist must have been traveling around Mississippi. That's where the tuba playing elephants are in this country...

Yes, they are kept in zoo down there, The Ya Zoo!

[imperialbari]

Good teachers also should keep the kids entertained.