Poll: Who wants one of these?

TheHatTuba · Post by **TheHatTuba** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:21 pm

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Tommy Johnson's double bell Mirafone 184.

bububassboner · Post by **bububassboner** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:25 pm

Maybe. What does the second bell do? F tuba? Euphonium? Cimbasso?

TheHatTuba · Post by **TheHatTuba** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:28 pm

opus37 · Post by **opus37** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:24 pm

Why mess up a perfectly good tuba?

Aardvark892 · Post by **Aardvark892** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:38 pm

Yes, for the sheer coolness of that thing. Talk about a conversation piece. I bet it sounds wonderful.

TheHatTuba · Post by **TheHatTuba** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:54 pm

Elbee · Post by **Elbee** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:44 pm

bububassboner wrote:Maybe. What does the second bell do? F tuba? Euphonium? Cimbasso?

+1

Michael Bush · Post by **Michael Bush** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:49 pm

If I were Tommy Johnson or had his ability and reputation I would both buy it and play it in public. He could afford it. Being me, no way. I would be absurd with it.

Daryl Fletcher · Post by **Daryl Fletcher** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:52 pm

Lately, things that have the potential to add more weight to a tuba don't really interest me.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:39 pm

No, for the same reason I never really cared for double-bell euphonium.

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:43 am

It looks like the 6th valve is after the normal 4th valve, but before the main tuning slide.

The 6th valve "changes bells", but the valves are still in CC length, so there needs to be 13ish feet of mostly cylindrical tubing curled up behind the tuba but connected to the smaller bell. There also should be another tuning slide back there. This is assuming CC = 16 feet and that the leadpipe and valves make for about 36 inches of that. So, I bet that thing is actually pretty neat, but heavy. I like Mirafone 184 CCs. I'd like to have another some day.

I'd really like to see the back of the tuba pictured above.

normrowe · Post by **normrowe** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:10 pm

He got it from Roger Bobo. The remains are at Robb's shop (or at least they were a few years ago when I visited there). Bobo said it was, sound-wise, tuba/contrabass trombone. Probably not much sound difference between contrabass trombone and cimbasso.

kathott · Post by **kathott** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:54 pm

Hi,
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:26 pm

kathott wrote:Hi,
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott

It looks like that was done to make room for the 6th (change) rotor, which is below (after) the 4th.

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:35 pm

kathott wrote:Hi,
Is it not a BBb? Look at the bend down near the main slide.
Kathott

Older CC 184 tubas have the bend in question and evidently played a bit flat. Later ones had more of a right angle and played a bit sharp.

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