I was playing a contrabass in a normal wind ensemble, but lately I’m playing trombone with that group, just for the fun of doing something different (and the last concert was all star wars, so that was fun for trombone).


On a certain Bach 42?


Yes, indeed! Thank you. It’s a great trombone ...

I’m completely amateur/hobbyist, but all of my public playing the past 6 months has been on F. It’s great for brass band, and mine is so easy to play that it must be almost as nice as bloke’s.

I was playing a contrabass in a normal wind ensemble, but lately I’m playing trombone with that group ...

arpthark wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 5:00 am 1. Go practice
2. Ask your teacher
3. 186

Oh no. Should I trade my B&S 103 for a BBb 186?

russiantuba wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 9:27 pm ... Music education majors NEED f tubas these days to even compete with the big kids.

A friend working on a DMA teaches private lessons for high school kids. He’s now using a piston F at tuba and euphonium lessons, claiming it’s close enough to both and much more convenient than bringing two.

bump, since this fantastic tuba had moved to the second page.

kingrob76 wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:42 pm I find it interesting that there really hasn’t been a 188 clone…

The 188 was just a flash in the pan, not as classic as the 186 and superseded (in desirability) by newer models?

With current tariffs, could they sell, in the U.S., a real 188 (from Germany) as cheaply as a clone?

unrelated: the 188 is still quite a nice looking tuba

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Rotary tubas require a long, narrow "slot" in the bugle to install a stack of rotors (with access to the rear caps). Therefore, most older rotary horns are designed with bugles that are tall and narrow.

FA piston tubas have the entrance to the valves very close to the player's face, with the ...

I’d have already got Wade’s amazing 186 if I didn’t already have a great early 188 that I’d have to get rid of.

How is this still here?!

I sorted out my trombone situation (thanks to some nice folks here), and I already have F and BBb Symphonie sizes, so … maybe I’ll wait just a little longer to give a chance to someone who really needs it.

Seriously, for anyone in North America interested in this ...

Looks kind of fun. Is “heavy gauge” brass a good thing?

I liked the Gnagey a lot when I tried it at NABBA last spring. One thing that stood out about all the Wessex tubas was that they were a lot heavier than I’m used to. Very sturdy feeling.

stepped mouthpipes..."the dent"...Pocket Rocket...removing braces...adding braces...releasing tension...rings to slip over mouthpiece shanks...can-shaped mouthpieces with almost no material removed from the 2" stock...all rotors rotating in the same direction...gimmick spit valves...removing spit ...

Now I feel less like I overcharged for the 186 BBb I sold last year.

Seems like it must be a fundamentally hard problem.

On the other hand, my pair of forty year old East German tubas come pretty close to being right on.

Is the fifth valve loop a little short? Or is it wider and I’m just not used to that look?

And I was thinking my Bach 36 was small....

Bump. I don't even have a quintet and I'm tempted to buy this.

I shudder to think what four top action rotors would be like.

Just as with tubas, there are models of trombones whereby pitches behave themselves more nicely within positions and fewer micro-positions are required by their players. I've talked to quite a few trombone players about this stuff, and - to a man - they all agree that it's tremendously more easy ...