Meinl Weston 2265

[cle_tuba]

Hello everybody!!

Because nobody says anything about 2265 MW?
Who knows a little something about this comment tuba ...

[cle_tuba]

What year was it made?
It really is a 2165 MW improved?
Who uses it?
The price is nice?
The sound is more like a 6450 or a 2165?
...

[Roger Lewis]

I believe that the bell is a little smaller, but the leadpipe is also smaller. I think they used the 45SLP leadpipe on it to tighten up the performance a bit. On the Meinl Weston web site it is listed as:

"improved 2165 design - better centered sound, perfect response, improved intonation"

I'm pretty sure that Matt Good, the great player from The Dallas Symphony, uses one of these from time to time.

Roger

[Roger Lewis]

I believe the one they have in the Meinl Weston display equipment is a handmade 2265 with interchangeable leadpipes. But I do believe that they went to the smaller pipe as standard on that model.

Roger

[cle_tuba]

Nobody tried to play that tuba? The sound and quality of the instrument is more like a 2165 or a 6450?

[Matt Good]

I have two of the "hand-made" versions of this instrument to my disposal. One stays at home and the other belongs to the Dallas Symphony. I use this tuba for all of my big orchestral work.

Both tubas have the smaller 45SLP mouthpipes. The original one of these tubas, which stays at home, came with 4 different mouthpipes. The only one that worked for me was the smallest, most conical and that being the 45SLP. I later had the interchangeable hardware removed and had that mouthpipe soldered in place. The DSO's 2265 came with that mouthpipe and is silverplated.

In a brief comparative analysis to the 2165 and the 6450, the 2265 lends to be a little more like it's forerunner, the 2165. The 2265 is a leaner, more manageable instrument. The 6450 is more nimble and even more lean than the 2265. The 2265 does share the same bell as the 6450 and the 195.

-Matt

[cle_tuba]

Thanks everyone!
Thank you Mr. Matt!

[cle_tuba]

It is true that 2265 is light on lowand very focused on high?