BAT!!!

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:05 pm

mandrake wrote:That's nothing. Back in the day, we had tubas that were THIS big *holds out his arms*

... and THAT was just the inside diameter of the mouthpiece receiver!

Seriously, that is one monster horn -- I'd love to have a chance to play it (bet it'd be great for quintet

).

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:05 pm

Hmm...

A big bell doesn't make a BAT. The bell throat is definitely BATish and the bottom bow ends BATish, but it doesn't start BATish. I say not a BAT. But, a really big tuba!

KarlMarx · Post by **KarlMarx** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:42 pm

BloÃŸ noch ein Peckhorn Mosquitolini style! Gottlieb davon wrote "Les Petits Riens". GroÃŸer Arsch fÃ¼r little gas.

Carolus Marximus

hurricane_harry · Post by **hurricane_harry** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:21 pm

Kevin Hendrick wrote:bet it'd be great for quintet ).

look closely theres a quintet hiding in the bell

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:29 pm

Cut it to CC!!!!!!!!

poomshanka · Post by **poomshanka** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:09 pm

Yes, this thing was a big gnarly BAT. I have some other pixx available here:

http://www.daveamason.com/ubertuber/

As to "what key it was in", I'd say that' anybody's guess. It was somewhat continously variable, depending on what key you felt like playing in at any given time.

Say, I *was* a sharp lookin' feller...

...Dave

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:23 pm

One of the local tuba guys here built one of these things. Converted a big Buescher sousaphone bell to play upright then grafted it onto a King 1141 BBb. It plays in approximately CC, (the 2nd partial is amazing), but there are lots of "you can't get there from here" notes.

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:37 pm

Is it true what they say ?

Size does matter !!!!

That's the biggest bass euphonium I have ever seen !!!

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