Great, all that and even the stand. Any chance to see a picture of the open case with all stuff in it?bloke wrote: ...This thing from Glenn Cronkhite (a re-purposed SLIDE F contrabass trombone bag) holds the instrument, mpc/oil, and a bulky/sturdy K&M stand...
Hmmm.....sounds like this thing has more tuning issues than, say, the old M-W 2155R or most Alexander tubas. Yet you have bitched about the intonation issues on those tubas but give this a "pass" because it is your new toy. Funny stuffbloke wrote:Playing this is starting to become a little bit more second nature.
As I've mentioned before, use and mastery (not to mention venting) of the #1 slide trigger is vital for serious use.
Both of the 1st valve Bb's ask for the #1 slide to be triggered nearly all the way out.
The 1st valve G asks for the #1 slide to be triggered all the way in (i.e. completely relax the trigger).
The middle Eb (as well as the neighboring D) needs about a 1/2 trigger.
The 5th partial A and Ab need to be played on the 4th partial with 1-2 and 2/3, and the A can use some triggering. (3rd valve is too low for that A.)
The upper F and E natural (above the staff) ask for 1st valve for F and 1-2 for E (both with the #1 slide slightly triggered.
There really is no way to play low A (234) up to pitch other than "lipping". Even resetting those slides isn't much of an option, because none of them are already pulled out very far.
...so the low A is really the only "bane", and everything else has a workable solution.
fwiw, I'm using my own Solo cup with a "0" (zero) back-bore and a standard shank.
Wessex will have an Eb cimbasso available August. This is made specifically in Eb and not just longer main tuning slide. Price the same as our F cimbassoken k wrote:do they make these in Eb or just F?
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Hi-jimmilo wrote:ken k wrote:
do they make these in Eb or just F?
Might we see a CC Cimbasso in the future? Any rumors out there?
for total obliteration of an orchestra, would there be a big enough market for one? I don't think so...just my thoughts... bloke wrote:naw...but - attached to a high-speed tuner - I'm going to hook a servo up to that #1 slide trigger.Casca Grossa wrote:Lightweight Bloke finger paddles in the works???
Of course as we all know - Monteverdi hated the tuba.jonesmj wrote:Just listened to both-IMHO, the blend is much better with cimbasso on these pieces than a tuba.
NOW I get it. I was trying to figure out how filing the back of each casing could make the bearing seat any lower, based on the tuba rotors I am mostly familiar with. Makes sense to me now.bloke wrote:Obviously, these bearings are the type with the "lip" (ref: most French horn rotor bearings). Had they been the "set-in" type (ref: most tuba rotor bearing), I would have had to buzz down the thickness of each bearing plate on the lathe, rather than simply filing material off the threaded end of each open casing. Had I wanted to do a "prettier" job, I could have gone back over each casing with a sharpening stone, once the file work was done...but that just didn't seem important, or to be any sort of contribution to functionality.
