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Who is this tubist and what make/model tuba is he holding?
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It looks like the BMB 6/4 horn to me.
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If it's a BMB, it can't be more than 6(?) years old. With all due respect to the tubist (student) and to the manufacturer and designer, I hope that's not what the lacquer finish looks like after a few years' handling.

Perhaps it's a second-hand horn, or a school-owned horn, or a prototype that had been in the hands of many at conferences, exhibits, etc. ...
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Can't you buy them in raw brass?

Also, not a great way to hold a tuba!
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Looks like the prototype BMB. It was featured a few years back at the Army Conference in raw brass.
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bort wrote: Also, not a great way to hold a tuba!
¿ Why not ?

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Stress on the lead pipe - hold the big bows instead. I popped off a brace in my younger days this way.
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arpthark wrote:Stress on the lead pipe - hold the big bows instead. I popped off a brace in my younger days this way.
Exactly -- I did this once a long time ago, too. :oops: It's the kind of mistake you only make once... although bending and distorting the leadpipe is also possible, and just as bad.
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Holding it that way is MUCH better than picking up your euphonium by the tuning slide, which I did when it was only two days new to me.
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