KiltieTuba wrote:And I was talking about all travel tubas, not just those Chinese copies, like the MW, HSM, etc.
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That's the other part - why are a "French" horn and a flugelhorn not a tuba? What makes these different?
Likewise, I can fit a tuba mouthpiece on a "French" horn and a flugelhorn, does this now make it a tuba?
If I stick a "French" horn mouthpiece in a tuba, does it now be come a very large "French" horn?
I mentioned Trolly tuba (which is MW) and tornister tuba deliberately so as to not make brand specific
I think if you put a tuba mouthpiece in a a french horn then it would basically be a small bore tuba as it is tuba length (assuming F horn), but a flugelhorn will never be a tuba as it is two octaves higher in pitch.
If you stick french horn mouthpiece in travel tuba, then it will become a sort of tuba shaped french horn (I had french horn player try that with a Bubbie only today), but I doubt in large tuba, that the player could put enough air through the small mouthpiece to make it work.
BTW The Wagner Tuba is basically a German baritone with narrower bore, french horn mouthpiece and left handed valve levers.
