what tuba is this??

USStuba04 · Post by **USStuba04** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:35 pm

any one know what kind of tuba this is....

http://www.iteaonline.org/Journal/32N2/tilburycover.jpg

looks like a Besson 983 kinda but it looks like it has a detachable bell...

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:46 pm

Looks to be a Hirsbrunner of some sort.

Cameron Gates · Post by **Cameron Gates** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:43 pm

PT something with a detachable bell.

With that guess I'm all in. Anyone want to call?

joshwirt · Post by **joshwirt** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:08 pm

I believe I remember reading in an older ITEA Journal that it's a B&S PT-3P with a detachable bell....although it could be a PT-4P. Either way, Jack Tilbury sounds phenomenal on whatever he plays!

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:09 pm

It is a silver tuba with piston valves. That can only mean:

1. It isn't as good as a brass one with rotors.
2. It isn't as good as a silver one with rotors
3. It isn't as good as a brass one with pistons
4. It ain't a helicon
5. It ain't a 14K
6. An E-9 is worth more than 2 E-6's, so maybe it is a great horn
7. Tilbury is in the Army, Sheridan was in the Marines, so maybe it is an OK horn afterall, with the possible exceptions of 1-5 listed above.

Does that cover it Joe? Oh yeah, if that horn was within a 100 miles of a DCI event, are all bets off?

Chuck"inquiring minds don't really care" Jackson

brattom · Post by **brattom** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:43 pm

B&S PT-4P with a custom detachable bell.