Biggest of the Big BATs

[bort]

Rudy 6/4 BBb, hands down

[DouglasJB]

I wanna hear the largest American CC BAT...

[edsel585960]

That Martin bell has its own zip code. It isn't the biggest but I'll take a 25J anytime. Towers above most.

[edsel585960]

I we covering strictly American-made BATs (and their copies) or do we include European instruments to this as well?




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Holy mother of God - what is that?

http://www.schneideruwe.de/tubatour.html" target="_blank Picture is about halfway down the page. I think it's the same horn. Ask Uwe.

[Steve Marcus]

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IIRC, the diameter of that bell on Paul Scott's Martin is 30 inches.

This is Uwe Schneider's F. X. Hüller 4-valve BBb Kaiser Tuba. It is 123 cm (48.4") tall with a 61 cm (24") bell:



Uwe has an even taller BBb Kaiser Tuba that he is having rebuilt as a BBb/FFF sub-bass double tuba:

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[Steve Marcus]

It isn't the biggest but I'll take a 25J anytime. Towers above most.

...especially in Brazil where they treasure the Conn 2XJ tubas. They even have stovepipe-type extensions built onto their upright bells. There are many Brazilian hymnsong gatherings on YouTube where you can view these beasts.

[Donn]

Well ... that stuff is big on youtube, but as far as I know it's hardly representative of normal Brazilians, outside of that particular religious cult.

B.A.T. means Big American Tuba, doesn't it? Seems like kind of a mistake to measure the biggest by bell flare diameter, it should be general volume. Holton would be my guess.

[TubaZac2012]

Forgive me, but doesn't BAT stand for Big A** Tuba? I've never heard BAT referred to as Big American Tuba. I could be in left field somewhere, though.

[Paul Scott]

My goodness, that photo of me with the Martin makes the rounds! The bell is 30 inches but looks bigger in the angle of the photo. The tuba it's attached to is the usual .712 bore Martin.