Can Plastic Tubas....

[Dan Schultz]

... be too far off?

http://www.vibratosax.com/mainpage.html

Whatcha think, Goodgigs?

[ZNC Dandy]

They've had that for awhile...Charlie Parker used to play one. Well, he played when it was not in the pawn shop, after being traded for money to buy smack...
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[Tubaryan12]

I'm wondering what the pads are made of (?)

PE rubber

[averagejoe]

I listened to the sound clips and they sounded pretty decent. I have no idea how accurate the recordings are (or if they are enhanced in any way), but the sound seemed clear to me while a bit "dead." I would really like to hear one of these instruments live in comparison to a brass sax and compare resonance.

[tbn.al]

Only a mechanical player could really tell the true story.

We need to teach this guy to play tuba.

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[kegmcnabb]

I thought they were already here!
(OK, I guess this is really fibreglass.)
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[SousaSaver]

For a little while, Chuck Dallenbach of the Canadian Brass had a custom Yamaha with a black carbon fiber bell. His artist page at Yamaha.com used to have a picture of it before they updated their site, but alas it is gone now... BUT here is a video of the CB with Chuck playing the fiber bell.

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[iiipopes]

And then, there is the clear tuba that has been the subject of several threads, including this one:
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