Visiting Miraphone

[Erik_Sweden]

Hi all,

Sitting in my hotel room after viewing Island beating England in football EM in the little German town Waldkraigburg. Tomorw I will visit the Miraphone factury. I have planed to test the 5/4 and 6/4 Hagen and the Siegfried. Will come back tomorrow with a repports and some pictures

/Erik Dybeus

[tmz1m]

I'm going to be there in a few weeks -- I'm looking forward to it a lot!

[bort]

Can you ask them if they have plans to make a big rotary CC tuba?

[tmz1m]

For anyone who has gone, do you need to bring a mouthpiece to try out their horns or do they have sample MPs that you can play on there?

[Erik_Sweden]

Can you ask them if they have plans to make a big rotary CC tuba?

They will make a big Hagen C with 4 front pistons and one rotor valve. No time frame though

For anyone who has gone, do you need to bring a mouthpiece to try out their horns or do they have sample MPs that you can play on there?

Bring your own or use a Miraphone mouthpiece

[tmz1m]

Thanks -- how was your visit? How long were you there? (I'm trying to plan out the rest of that day's adventures but don't want to rush.)

[bort]

Can you ask them if they have plans to make a big rotary CC tuba?

They will make a big Hagen C with 4 front pistons and one rotor valve. No time frame though

Thanks! Bummer though, I think another 4p+1R tuba is not what the world needs right now... even though I'm sure it'll be great!

[Erik_Sweden]

If it is a York copy, will it then be a YorkPhone ?

[toobagrowl]

Can you ask them if they have plans to make a big rotary CC tuba?

I checked the Miraphone website. They still make the "Tommy Johnson" Miraphone 190, which is a large tall 5/4+ rotary CC tuba. If I had unlimited funds...

[bort]

I've seen (and tried) one of those before... I was not totally impressed, but in all fairness I wanted it to be a big 188. In reality, it's a big and different tuba, which would take either more time to learn or a more skilled tubist, or both. Either way, I didn't love it.

Would be cool to see a CC version of one of the new BBb models they've come out with recently.

[binlove]

Bort, honestly I think your life would be simpler if you would just switch to Bb. There are a ton of great Bb tubas that seem to meet your desires!

*edit for autocorrect (BORT, not birthday!)

[bort]

Ugh, I know. I feel like 15+ years on CC tuba is going to make it too annoying to go back to BBb... but I guess it'll only get worse from here!

[binlove]

Ugh, I know. I feel like 15+ years on CC tuba is going to make it too annoying to go back to BBb... but I guess it'll only get worse from here!

It's not so bad. I switched last summer. Bought a horn, wrote in the fingerings and played a concert about a week later.

[Three Valves]

Trip to Germany;

1 Tuba factory

2 River cruise

3 Oktoberfest

4 Pick up new Mercedes

5 Autobahn

[bort]

River cruises look neat, but just like any other cruise... isn't the point of going to another country to NOT be stuck with a bunch of other Americans?

[Three Valves]

I'll be visiting some octogenarians in rural Wisconsin in a few weeks...SIMILAR to Germany, except they (sort-of...) speak English.

...and their accents are worse!!



I'd still put up with it for some oompah and beer.

[Erik_Sweden]

Testing done. For me the clear winner is the Hagen 6/4. Now there is just three looooong months of waiting until it is built

[Lars Trawen]

Hi Erik,
I don't know what price you will pay for the Hagen at Miraphone.
Don't believe they can beat Thomann's and freight is included.
Furthermore, they have it in stock.
http://www.thomann.de/se/miraphone_497a ... en_497.htm" target="_blank
Best regards,
Lars

[Heavy_Metal]

They may not have the autobahn, but they have (seemingly, nearly-no-cars on it) I-43.

bloke "I'll most be within 1/2 mile to 5 miles of Lake Michigan...MIGHT (??) to over to Stevens Point, though to check out the Jimbo's..."

Lots of construction on I-43 north of Milwaukee this year- as well as on I-41.

[bisontuba]

I 'believe' that was a trial version style that Wessex had that Laabs is now selling...notice the leadpipe goes into the top, not the side. If it is what I think it is, intonation is ....how do I say this politely...interesting.... ....