Plastic tubas

PaulTkachenko · Post by **PaulTkachenko** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:45 am

Was only a matter of time ...

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bighonkintuba · Post by **bighonkintuba** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:36 am

photo from the thread linked above:

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:34 pm

I tried the plastic tuba at Frankfurt Musikmesse. Still some work to do to make this playable. Wessex Tubas will not be stocking until it much improves!

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:07 pm

Has got 3 front piston valves - that is about all I can tell you.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:06 pm

I'm going to keep track of this one. Add a black Kelly 18, and it's stealth tuba all over again! Is that a plastic picc trumpet on the lower right corner of the picture? It does need some redesign of the leadpipe and valve block to be more conventional.

Roger Lewis · Post by **Roger Lewis** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:02 pm

Interesting. I just saw some photos from the Shanghai Music Messe and the Tiger company, inventors of the P bone and the P trumpet, have on display at their booth a 4 valve rotary tuba and a large front piston plastic tuba. No idea on price but they looked really good in the photo I saw. I gotta try one of these.
Roger

bisontuba · Post by **bisontuba** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:35 pm

Roger Lewis wrote:Interesting. I just saw some photos from the Shanghai Music Messe and the Tiger company, inventors of the P bone and the P trumpet, have on display at their booth a 4 valve rotary tuba and a large front piston plastic tuba. No idea on price but they looked really good in the photo I saw. I gotta try one of these.
Roger

Hi-
Someone needs to post pics of these two instruments....
Mark

tubajazzo · Post by **tubajazzo** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:23 pm

I guess next thing will be a tuba coming out of a 3D printer?

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:44 pm

Slightly better photo of the 3 valve front action

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:04 pm

Yes, thanks! Agreed - someone needs to tell them we prefer the leadpipe to be as straight as possible and the valve circuits to be vertical, not horizontal, on a front-piston valve tuba.

pjv · Post by **pjv** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:37 pm

Ya really weird plumbing. Kinda reminds me of something, but what was it......oh, ya!

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:58 pm

Somebody tell Goodgigs....

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:03 pm

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Worked the photos through an iPad app. Not for beauty, but for details.

The valve slides’ arrangement has similarities to those of British sousaphones and of some Belgian front action tubas. The reason is that the piston block was designed for a top action tuba.

Klaus

Art Hovey · Post by **Art Hovey** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:23 pm

Are the pistons plastic too?

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:45 pm

This picture's been floating around Facebook. I don't have any details though.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:31 am

Hmm. Is the shroud integral to the instrument, or just a shipping shield?

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:02 am

If the valves are plastic, I could imagine that being some sort of "smash guard". But I'm just guessing.

bisontuba · Post by **bisontuba** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:19 am

Most interesting.....
Mark

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:29 pm

Very interesting indeed...

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