Dotzauer Tubas

tuba · Post by **tuba** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:49 am

Has anyone heard of this brand? Are they any good?

Thanks

trseaman · Post by **trseaman** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:50 am

Not until now...

Searched the internet and found a couple webpages:

http://www.aswltd.com/dotzauer.htm

http://www.musik-dotzauer.de/

Toobist · Post by **Toobist** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:19 pm

I wonder why every tuba pic I saw on this site:
http://www.musik-dotzauer.de/
looked a lot like a particular BBb one might find on this site: yamaha.com ?

tuba · Post by **tuba** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:41 am

Has anyone ever PLAYED a Dotzauer tuba?

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:45 am

The photos all look the same, but the 1/4-sized tuba has a 12.5" bell...

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:47 am

Ulli · Post by **Ulli** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:57 am

I use an older 6/4 Bb 4v Dotzauer. Bell 50 cm, bore 22 mm. Sounds good, but there is enormous much corrosion.

Restauration by Dotzauer will costs about 2600 EUR.
Ulli

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:19 pm

Compared to the cost of similar restorations in the USA, that might be a bargain!

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:55 pm

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:52 pm

I checked out the cerveny.biz web site listed in another thread, and there is a Dotzauer bass trumpet listed.
http://www.cerveny.biz/basstrompete/dotzauer.php

By the way, the Cerveny CBB 471 featured on that site is a cutie.
http://www.cerveny.biz/tuben/bbb_tuben/cbb471.php

imperialbari · Post by **imperialbari** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:42 am

Ulli · Post by **Ulli** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:02 am

Imperialbari wrote:
>>If you by extensive corrosion mean red rot (loss of zinc in the brass alloy), then my advice is simple:
Stay away from investing lots of money in it!<<

So I did: At least, I bought a used Cerveny 701 goldbrass in a good state for 2700 EUR.
But the 701 has a very difficult speech- the Dotzauer 6/4 plays nearly by itself.

Ulli