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Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
I hope he has got quiet valves!bloke wrote:I particularly admire the microphone placement.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
How about a Cyber Monday Sale?? :)
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
We do have a Cyber Monday sale, but just on student cornet and trumpetThree Valves wrote:How about a Cyber Monday Sale??
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
Thanks!!
No wonder I missed it....
No wonder I missed it....
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
A rudy 6/4 sized horn would be unbelievable
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(Never mind!)
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
An ascending Bb/C/F contrabass trombone designed by J.C. Sherman.
I'd love to see a compact (tuba shaped) smaller bore cimbasso/bass trombone, perhaps with a recording bell and F/Eb capability.
I'd love to see a compact (tuba shaped) smaller bore cimbasso/bass trombone, perhaps with a recording bell and F/Eb capability.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
What about an all Thayer valved tuba? I can see that engineering that valve section might be difficult, but I wonder how it would play.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
Perhaps someone could verify what appeared on the Internet (very trustworthy, of course):
Gronitz instruments are now being built by Andreas Klingspor.
Gronitz instruments are now being built by Andreas Klingspor.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
http://www.gronitztuba.de/index.php?id=71" target="_blank,
Looks like contact info has been updated.
Looks like contact info has been updated.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
I would be interested in seeing a similar design to the new compensating CC only in F. I know Besson made a few compensating F tubas and it would benefit a lot of players who play F to not have to do so much slide pulling and odd finger combos.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
A Wessex compensating F is in the works I believe.BBruce107 wrote:I would be interested in seeing a similar design to the new compensating CC only in F. I know Besson made a few compensating F tubas and it would benefit a lot of players who play F to not have to do so much slide pulling and odd finger combos.
Which makes me think, how about an "in the works" section on the Wessex website? So many new instruments coming out and it's hard to keep track of them all between here and Facebook. Put them all in one section on your website.
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
Nothing can be certain until prototype completed and successful, but here are some plans to help people consider their spending;
To be on website shorty (certain)
French C tuba (6-valves)
Compensated Bb 4-valve baritone
4/4 front piston BBb tuba (4 and 5 valve versions)
19” bell front valve compensated Eb tuba
Over the shoulder Eb tuba/saxhorn
New Bass trombone (designed by Chis Stearn of Scottish Opera)
New F Contrabass trombone with regular rotary valves
New Bb/F 0.547” tenor trombone (in the slide tuning)
Duplex two bell euphonium
3/4 compensated front valve CC tuba Hussar
Under development 2018
6/4 British 3+1 Compensated BBb Leviathan
British 3+1 compensated F tuba
CC Helicon
Fully handmade new compensated euphonium with trigger
German Kaiser BBb tuba
CC/BBb piston valve cimbasso
Handmade front piston F tuba
0.75” bore Monster Eb tuba (new design)
And others not yet planned...which may even be out first if ‘quick-win’
Sorry I won’t enter into discussion on the details of the above although are happy to consider ideas you post
To be on website shorty (certain)
French C tuba (6-valves)
Compensated Bb 4-valve baritone
4/4 front piston BBb tuba (4 and 5 valve versions)
19” bell front valve compensated Eb tuba
Over the shoulder Eb tuba/saxhorn
New Bass trombone (designed by Chis Stearn of Scottish Opera)
New F Contrabass trombone with regular rotary valves
New Bb/F 0.547” tenor trombone (in the slide tuning)
Duplex two bell euphonium
3/4 compensated front valve CC tuba Hussar
Under development 2018
6/4 British 3+1 Compensated BBb Leviathan
British 3+1 compensated F tuba
CC Helicon
Fully handmade new compensated euphonium with trigger
German Kaiser BBb tuba
CC/BBb piston valve cimbasso
Handmade front piston F tuba
0.75” bore Monster Eb tuba (new design)
And others not yet planned...which may even be out first if ‘quick-win’
Sorry I won’t enter into discussion on the details of the above although are happy to consider ideas you post
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
Yep. Instrument design still involves a big slice of trial and error. I was told at the Melton (Meinl-Weston) plant years ago that fully 3/4 of their prototypes end up taken apart or hidden away because they had wonky intonation or inconsistent resonance ('dead' areas).Wyvern wrote:Nothing can be certain until prototype completed and successful
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
Both those Eb's sound exciting. Before I bought the BBb, I nearly got a Pt-22p.. I'll have to keep an eye on this forum now!
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
What about a CC 6/4 rotary tuba? Something in the line with a Neptune or similar
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
We could, but I perceive low demand against piston valves 6/4 CC. Maybe in 2019?dasanchezr wrote:What about a CC 6/4 rotary tuba? Something in the line with a Neptune or similar
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Re: Wessex Tubas - what would you like?
New Models: The (old) British F Tuba.
Many requests here seem intent on obtaining a cheaper version of existing models, or tweaking previous design concepts. Financial priorities are a reality, but sometimes short sighted. When cost is the overriding factor, the musical gains often suffer.
My own personal desire would be to bring back a "lost sound" - that of the old B&H "F" tuba, a sound now only heard via recordings. We have a huge lot of German and American type instruments now, even a revival of the old French tuba. However, considering the fact that many late Romantic/early modern British composers used the old British "F" as their model, I feel that a market exists for such an instrument, with real performance potential.
Many requests here seem intent on obtaining a cheaper version of existing models, or tweaking previous design concepts. Financial priorities are a reality, but sometimes short sighted. When cost is the overriding factor, the musical gains often suffer.
My own personal desire would be to bring back a "lost sound" - that of the old B&H "F" tuba, a sound now only heard via recordings. We have a huge lot of German and American type instruments now, even a revival of the old French tuba. However, considering the fact that many late Romantic/early modern British composers used the old British "F" as their model, I feel that a market exists for such an instrument, with real performance potential.
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