What tuba do you play on the MOST?

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What key of tuba do you play on the most?

BBb
93
31%
CC
132
44%
EEb
33
11%
F
30
10%
BBb sousie
5
2%
Other
6
2%
 
Total votes: 299

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Re: What tuba do you play on the MOST?

Post by Tuba-G Bass »

No matter what I play, Contrabass Trombone, Tuba, Sousamaphone, It's a BBb :P
[except for my Boosey & Hawkes G-Bass Trombone, which I never learned the positions to.] :oops:
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Re: What tuba do you play on the MOST?

Post by BavarianFanfare »

Dear TubeNet Community:

I play on a mid 1970's Mirafone Model 186 Pro BB-Flat that plays well despite having had a pretty rough life. I also own a VMI 2103 BB-Flat which gets and has gotten a lot of play time through the years along with a Miraphone Model 187 Pro BB-Flat. As for the CC or BB-Flat debate, I like them both equally. I can see having a Miraphone 186 in BB-Flat and CC in the future. I like them, because they work. I like other BB-Flats like the Meinl-Weston 25, the Fafner, and the Model 289 manufactured by Miraphone. It depends on what you are playing and what a player prefers. For my needs, any of these instruments are wonderful.

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Re: What tuba do you play on the MOST?

Post by GC »

Two nights a week I play a 1963 Conn 25J BBb. One night a week, I play a Jupiter 3-valve y'allphonium and a Modulus 6-string bass guitar. The fourth night, it's the one of our Civil War-era Eb side-rotor contrabasses that has the fewest parts falling off.
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Re: What tuba do you play on the MOST?

Post by Chadtuba »

Tuba wise, I only own the 983 so it is what gets played the most. However, like a lot of you, depending on the week's happenings my bass bone most often gets the most play time. I have a beautiful 983 and a beautiful 967 euph but what makes me the money? My Jupiter 740 bass bone :oops:
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