POLL: personal preference for brass quintet tuba

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favorite horn to play or listen to in a Quintet

 
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Steve Marcus wrote: Does anyone bring more than one horn to a quintet gig?

I would take my F also if the tessetura called for it, certainly.
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I vote for what ever Sam Pilafian played with the Empire Brass and Boston Brass. Maybe Yamaha 621? He's always been my favorite in small ensembles.
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Rick F wrote:I vote for what ever Sam Pilafian played with the Empire Brass and Boston Brass. Maybe Yamaha 621? He's always been my favorite in small ensembles.
IIRC, Pilafian used a MW 2145 for a couple of the old Empire Brass CDs. At least that's what he's holding in the pictures.
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Most of my live listening and my own playing of quintets happens tp be on the Willson 3400, so thats my vote. Fine in the low range, lovely in the airy acrobatic range. Might need a lower mouthpiece to play some lower parts, but never had a problem so far.
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I've heard people play on small CC's. Some have sounded great, others not so much. I've heard some people play on large CC's. Some sounded awesome. Some not so much. I've heard people play on big and small F tubas, large and small Eb tubas. Some sounded great and others didn't. It's not the horn. A good player will make the equipment do what needs done.
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I'd use which ever tuba I owned which I was the most comfortable with and which was the easiest to play in tune. For me, this would by my "old shoes" Rudolf Meinl 4345 piston CC tuba. My Yamaha 631 Eb tuba would be a very good choice, but I'm not nearly as comfortable with it.
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So Mark, which of your horns do you use? Your "Prague" or your little Eb?
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What is the personal preference Tuba for brass quintet in Germany?
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Can we get definition of small and large bass tuba? Are you meaning small as in 2182 or perhaps Miraphone 180 small? Are you meaning something like MW 45 for big or does something like a Besson 981 qualify as large bass tuba?
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bisontuba wrote:What is the personal preference Tuba for brass quintet in Germany?
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Ah, point of information, who's going to collect all the other tubas and who's going to pay for all the 186's? I would think we would get a volume discount but an order that large will take a while to manufacture. Maybe Wessex can help us out.
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