resurrection:tuba style

[modelerdc]

My vote is for the Holton 345 in both b flat and cc, modeled after a few exceptional examples to minumize quirks. I think there is a real niche market for these horns. My second choice would be for Conn Donatelli's in B flat, CC, and E flat, and tweaked to modern standards of pitch. But I don't expect that there is any market to support this.

[Highpitch]

So what would be the major difference between that little Russki-video tuba and a new 'Bubbie'?

Dennis

[bigbob]

for fun I just told my wife to listen to this recording (not watch) and guess at the kind of tuba being used. She said "large sousaphone", which is a pretty good guess

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those tornister tubas are amazing!

That horn really produced the sound My wife said she thought it was a sousy..There looked like there was a lot of tubing there...That mike was pretty good...When I get my new 6/4(new to me<s>) I think that mike might make my neighbors love me more exspecially since all they have heard is the little 3J <s>

[hbcrandy]

I briefly owned and played an old King, rotary valved CC tuba. If it could be brought back with extensive accoustical research and development to improve the bad intonation quirks I would be interested in having one. I love the sound and the ergonomics of the rotary valve finger levers. Mr. Torchinsky told me that there were only about 1 dozen King CC's made and that he thought that his King was the best example of the dozen. Their playing characteristics varied radically. Mr. Torchinsky was the man that first sent his tuba back to King to have the 3rd valve plumbing re-routed so that he could reach it with his left hand. The intonation on his tuba required that he adjust both the first and third valve slides while playing.

[toobagrowl]

Bohland & Fuchs BBb 4/4 and 5/4 Kaiser models with R&D for improved intonation & response. Same for the old Kruspe BBb's