Truly small CC tubas

[cjk]

As far as truly small CC tubas go, these are the only ones I'm aware of:

Miraphone 184 CC
Yamaha YCB-621
Kanstul Model 902
Conn 2j

There really don't seem to be very many small CC tubas out there. Are there any I'm forgetting or overlooking?

I suppose one could include the William Bell model Meinl-Weston and maybe the Miraphone 185 CC as well, but those are both getting closer to 4/4.

Thanks,
Christian

[Bob Kolada]

By truly small do you mean 3/4 or 1/2? That phase makes me think of those tiny MW student Bb's while I think of what you've listed as normal small/3/4 tubas.

[bort]

I always thought this was small, but at least the bell size listed here is bigger than I though. Have never seen one in person.

http://hornguys.com/tubacc.php#LCB%20702

Also, I think Cerveny makes a model smaller than the Piggy... I think someone here has one, and calls it the Piglet.

[cjk]

By truly small do you mean 3/4 or 1/2? That phase makes me think of those tiny MW student Bb's while I think of what you've listed as normal small/3/4 tubas.

I'm just wondering if there are any other instruments available that are as smallish as the 184 CC or 621 Yamaha. If one wants to call that small 3/4 or 1/2 or whatever, that's AOK.

[TheHatTuba]

Rudy 3/4, but that's pretty similar to a 185 in size.

[Roger Lewis]

The Cerveny Opera model would fall into that category.

Roger

[The Big Ben]

Cerveny makes a small CC besides the Opera mentioned above.

http://www.cerveny.biz/tuben/cc_tuben/acb_483_4.php" target="_blank"

It is a small CC instrument and I have heard it called a "Piglet" because it is a similar shape to the "Piggy" but smaller.

Last year sometime, Dillon's had one of these used and it was supposed to be pretty good for what it was.

[arpthark]

Also, the Weril J681 3/4 CC:

[Kevin Hendrick]

One you might have forgotten:

http://www.jestaedt-instrumente.de/modell83.htm

[The Bone Ranger]

Rudy 3/4, but that's pretty similar to a 185 in size.

I wouldn't put the Rudy in this group. Playing a Rudy 3/4 back-to-back with a Mirafone 186 (a classic 4/4 horn) puts them in the same ballpark in terms of sound and size, albeit with a different character.

I spent some of my university years on a Mirafone 184, which was, at least to my memory, a lot of fun. Easy to light up the sound when you step on the volume, which is neat.

Andrew

[muttenstrudel]

Seemingly, only one manufacturer seems to take this assignment serious enough to make their instrument fully-chromatic - with five rotors.

What are you thinking of? The Cerveny Opera?

[The Bone Ranger]

Seemingly, only one manufacturer seems to take this assignment serious enough to make their instrument fully-chromatic - with five rotors.

What are you thinking of? The Cerveny Opera?

The 184 I cut my teeth on had 5 valves. Methinks that's what Bloke had in mind...

Andrew