The BMB 845 is a CC tuba only available with an 18" bell.eupho wrote:Bob: You refering to the 845-16?
The BMB 445 is a F tuba available with an 18 OR 16" bell
Small CC plus large CC
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bisontuba
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
The BMB 445 is a F tuba available with an 18 OR 16" bell
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doublebuzzing
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
As someone with not a lot of experience with F or Eb tubas, how different is the sound between, say, a small bore 3/4 BBb/CC tuba like a Conn 2 or 3J and a 4/4 F tuba?
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Bob Kolada
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
eupho wrote:Bob: You refering to the 845-16?
No, the "little" 3/4 thing.
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Tubajug
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
Is that what became the Conn 2/3J? I'm reading his autobiography and he only ever calls it his "Conn tuba."EdFirth wrote:Harvey played everything...Extremely well..... on that Conn C.
Jordan
King 2341 with a Holton "Monster" Eb bell
Eb Frankentuba
Martin Medium Eb Helicon
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving's probably not for you.
King 2341 with a Holton "Monster" Eb bell
Eb Frankentuba
Martin Medium Eb Helicon
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving's probably not for you.
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MikeMason
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
I understand they were "inspired by" but not the same as the Harvey Phillips conn.
Pensacola Symphony
Troy University-adjunct tuba instructor
Yamaha yfb621 with 16’’ bell,with blokepiece symphony
Eastman 6/4 with blokepiece symphony/profundo
Troy University-adjunct tuba instructor
Yamaha yfb621 with 16’’ bell,with blokepiece symphony
Eastman 6/4 with blokepiece symphony/profundo
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southtubist
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
Some random ramblings-
Here's my old CC tuba being played by a real professional who actually knows what he's doing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vWR51-4sR4" target="_blank" target="_blank
Sounds great
I regret selling it (small valve MW 2145) as it was extremely user friendly. It'd be a great "audition tuba"- push button tuning, perfectly even response, versatile sound, fast(er) valves, etc. The type of music this group plays is ideally suited to a medium sized CC tuba, also. Lots of walking bass lines and the like. I never used it in quintet as I preferred F tuba- I mostly used it in a very large orchestra and a large wind ensemble. It was plenty loud/big, although my Alex has way more horsepower, and it was certainly not as powerful as the 6/4 Miraphone 190 I used for a while. Actually I prefer a small rotary F tuba for all but the largest stuff, but that's just me.
I guess my point is that it depends on the player. I've played the whole spectrum of instruments, and I've found that I like to use small equipment. I'm probably going to sell my Alex and F tuba in the future, which I will replace with the smallest rotary F tuba I can find. Due to a career change I'll be living out miles from paved roads, so I probably won't even get to play quintet stuff. I'll sure miss my current horns. . .
Oh, and, I hope that the current user is doing good!
Here's my old CC tuba being played by a real professional who actually knows what he's doing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vWR51-4sR4" target="_blank" target="_blank
Sounds great
I regret selling it (small valve MW 2145) as it was extremely user friendly. It'd be a great "audition tuba"- push button tuning, perfectly even response, versatile sound, fast(er) valves, etc. The type of music this group plays is ideally suited to a medium sized CC tuba, also. Lots of walking bass lines and the like. I never used it in quintet as I preferred F tuba- I mostly used it in a very large orchestra and a large wind ensemble. It was plenty loud/big, although my Alex has way more horsepower, and it was certainly not as powerful as the 6/4 Miraphone 190 I used for a while. Actually I prefer a small rotary F tuba for all but the largest stuff, but that's just me.
I guess my point is that it depends on the player. I've played the whole spectrum of instruments, and I've found that I like to use small equipment. I'm probably going to sell my Alex and F tuba in the future, which I will replace with the smallest rotary F tuba I can find. Due to a career change I'll be living out miles from paved roads, so I probably won't even get to play quintet stuff. I'll sure miss my current horns. . .
Oh, and, I hope that the current user is doing good!
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DouglasJB
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
When did Mike stop playing? I got the chance to meet them in January of 2015, Paul and Mike were amazing to talk to, Paul even remembered me when I saw him at Midwest and asked how my semester was going. We talked briefly about how we just got a new professor
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southtubist
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Re: Small CC plus large CC
I'm not sure. I sold it to Paul back in late 2013. I've kinda been out of the loop since that time.DouglasJB wrote:When did Mike stop playing? I got the chance to meet them in January of 2015, Paul and Mike were amazing to talk to, Paul even remembered me when I saw him at Midwest and asked how my semester was going. We talked briefly about how we just got a new professor
Oh, speaking of CC tubas in chamber groups, I played a septet gig this morning on my Alex. It wasn't by choice- my F tuba had mechanical issues. It still worked fine (big choir and loud organ), and the previous owners did everything on it. One of my friends used my Alex for Bydlo
in an audition and won, but he's a monster player, so. . . I think it ultimately comes down to the sound in your head. I'm not very bright, so I try to simplify things like that.