NY Phil Tuba

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:43 pm

tuben wrote:There are even legends of vintage Alexander tubas being in demand again.....

As it should be.

Chuck"The Emperor may finally understand that his new clothes are not nearly as stylish as the old ones"Jackson

joh_tuba · Post by **joh_tuba** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:10 pm

Soo... hipsters play tuba?

jamsav · Post by **jamsav** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:07 pm

[quote="mexicantuba"]If Al is rocking a 188 in the Phil, I think hes the only one on the planet that would have the guts to do it.
Im sure I have never heard an orchestra recording where I was like "wow amazing!", and someone was playing a miraphone of any stripe.

Orchestra tuba in the US is about york sounding rich tubas. The 188 would sound amazing in Amsterdam however. Or LA. (cue Roger Bobo reference)[/quote

Couple years in this forum and I have observed some pretty whacky statements.
This one is right up there ....

swillafew · Post by **swillafew** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:46 pm

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It's not like the NYP ever had a rotor man in it.

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:10 pm

I remember this guy there who used to sound absolutely incredible on his rotary valved 5/4 frankenhorn, until he had to build the absolute biggest and most freeblowing 6/4 piston tuba made.

TexTuba · Post by **TexTuba** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:35 pm

MartyNeilan wrote:I remember this guy there who used to sound absolutely incredible on his rotary valved 5/4 frankenhorn, until he had to build the absolute biggest and most freeblowing 6/4 piston tuba made.

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:35 pm

MartyNeilan wrote:I remember this guy there who used to sound absolutely incredible on his rotary valved 5/4 frankenhorn, until he had to build the absolute biggest and most freeblowing 6/4 piston tuba made.

Wow. Warren played no part in his own downfall (if that's what you mean).

cjk · Post by **cjk** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:07 am

Bort sold his 188 so now they can be cool again.

bort · Post by **bort** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:23 am

cjk wrote:Bort sold his 188 so now they can be cool again.

Nah, I just got out before the 188 jumped the shark. It's not going to be cool anymore once everyone knows it's cool.

Joking, of course!

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:03 am

UncleBeer wrote:
MartyNeilan wrote:I remember this guy there who used to sound absolutely incredible on his rotary valved 5/4 frankenhorn, until he had to build the absolute biggest and most freeblowing 6/4 piston tuba made.
Wow. Warren played no part in his own downfall (if that's what you mean).

Never said that. Just remember liking his Frankenstein sound more when heard from the cheap seats at Avery Fisher, and so did many others.

bort · Post by **bort** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:25 am

Weird, I thought you were talking about Baer. I don't know much about his early NY Phil days, but he *did* start as a rotary player and went on to build a 6/4 tuba that fits that description.

Big shoes to fill for the next dude/lady in 30 years or so...

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:19 pm

The Baer horn is slightly smaller, not nearly as open, and most likely lighter than the original Deck 6/4 horns.
Joe has been doing an outstanding job of trying to combine the best attributes of both tubas in his personal 6/4 - the bigger bell of the Deck with the tighter front end of the Baer. I don't think anybody is putting heavyweight top & bottom caps on tubas anymore, coupled with the additional weight of the "tone ring" in the bell.

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