Historic Tuba Quartett - Bohemian Tuba

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A new video with some of my historical instruments from my collection.
I played from the 17th Century Dances by Michael Praetorius, movement number 3 - La Bouree.

I played the 4th part on my Bohland and Fuchs Kaisertuba from around 1880/1890. It is 100% in its original condition. The bore is 20 by 21 mm and sounds extremely dark and full!

The 3rd voice is played with a very special instrument. A V.F. Cerveny E flat tuba with roller valves. The bore is 21.2 mm for the 1st & 2nd valve and 22.2 mm for the 3rd & 4th valve. The height is 105 cm. A real Eb Kaisertuba

The 2nd part is a Bohemian F tuba with 5 valves. Manufacturer is unknown. Height 98 cm, bell 32 cm. The hole is 16 mm throughout. The valve lengths are very interesting: 1st valve: whole tone 2nd valve: halftone 3rd valve: major third 4th valve: fourth (very high) 5th valve: fourth (very deep) The fundamental is right at 442 Hz.

And on the 1st part I played a V.F. Cerveny baritone, also with roller valves. The sound is very soft and the intonation surprisingly good! Real craftsmanship. The bore is 1st - 3rd valve 15.2 mm and the 4th 17.2 mm

Unfortunately I don't have any original mouthpieces, so I played modern ones. But the sound is still unique.

The next video will be a V.F.Cerveny special!

Thanks to Marcel Boom for the visual and acoustic implementation.

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