Tuba Players...

[SousaWarrior9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9DVaDveXpA" target="_blank

Forced to do all the dirty work for the band, plays one note the entire song and has an...interesting taste in 'reading' material.

[burningchrome]

Nice, I like 5:41 in this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cilczAvPAoI" target="_blank

[Dan Schultz]

I've watch quite a few of these and have not seen the tuba player using a harness to hold his horn. Am I missing something?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1H8kPOd ... ature=fvwp

[burningchrome]

I'm guessing the older tuba is a custom job. Any idea what the newer one is?

[scottw]

I've watch quite a few of these and have not seen the tuba player using a harness to hold his horn. Am I missing something?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1H8kPOd ... ature=fvwp

I believe I have seen a belt-like affair that hooks onto the horn at the player's waist. The weight is then centered around the hips. With him playing the 6-valve, both hands have to be on the horn anyway, so stability at the mouthpiece should be easy. I don't know who makes this rig.

[ppalan]

Here's the belt...
http://members.aon.at/tubtub.at/page_4_1.html

...and I believe Mr. Brandstötter is playing a Meinl-Weston (Melton) 2250 RA. I think before it was a horn made by Schagerl in Vienna.

Pete

[sousaphone68]

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=56292" target="_blank

In this thread Mr Brandstrotter shows off the Melton F tuba that he helped to design.
The most interesting parts for me was the positioning of the 4 and 5 valve and that they started with an Eb tuba.

[Dan Schultz]

Here's the belt...
http://members.aon.at/tubtub.at/page_4_1.html....

Aha! That's about what I had envisioned. Thanks!