What mouthpiece is the best for tuba?

Besson made a handful of Besson 3+1 CC tubas. I'd guess less than 10?
At one time, I knew of two upright Besson 3 valve compensating CC tubas.
One of the 3+1 ones is briefly covered in either 'The The Tuba Family' by Clifford Bevan or 'A Treatise on the TUBA' by Donald Stauffer. I don't remember ...

There is a guy with the first name Steve whose last name I can't remember at the moment. He had some music stores in California that stocked tubas. https://hornguys.com/
Maybe he'd know or know somebody who might know?

Edit: Steve Ferguson. He's on FB if not here.

I think that Symphonie might be mine, as it matches the description (1977 Giardinelli, redone Miraphone-esque linkages, had a 5th valve slide trigger installed). It's made its way through a couple of owners before ending up with me, but it's a special instrument.


Hi Diego, Would you mind ...

bloke wrote: Mon Jun 01, 2026 7:21 pm OK.

So no solid body ",stick" bass.

Do you plan to amplify it for when she's playing in the bazz band?

yes. I expect so.

bloke wrote: Mon Jun 01, 2026 6:48 pm Is she only going to play in the school jazz band, or is she going to learn to use the bow?

She'll need a bow too. She played bass in the junior high orchestra.

@bloke
It looks like Bisontuba (Mark Jones?) on tubenet may have bought Chuck's Symphonie in 2016.
Looks like there was a 3 way trade here:
http://forums.chisham.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=71575

That one was 5-rotor, clockspring linkage, imported by Giardinelli, and manufactured in 1977.

I wouldn't be surprised if they only paid (wholesale) $200 - $300 each for those.


I want to say that I saw a picture of it, post David's updates, in the 200Xs He had either rebuilt (or maybe replaced ...

I find myself wondering if this particular tuba previously belonged to David Graves.
He rebuilt (or had rebuilt) Chuck Schultz's B&S Symphonie in a very similar way. It might be the same horn?
If it is, that tuba helped teach me all through high school.


From the way I understood it, the work ...

I find myself wondering if this particular tuba previously belonged to David Graves.
He rebuilt (or had rebuilt) Chuck Schultz's B&S Symphonie in a very similar way. It might be the same horn?
If it is, that tuba helped teach me all through high school.

And yes, I am in the process of "asking her teacher".

Stuff I'm reading or have read.

https://gollihurmusic.com/upright-bass-buyers-guide-especially-for-first-time-buyers/?srsltid=AfmBOopMZbPTmiaJSn8HUplOYfuRD04uahJ53ao_FBucVuSoQuIf9ebr

https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/beginners-guide-to-buying-a-double-bass/

https://gollihurmusic.com/double-bass ...

I am interested in learning as much as I can about upright basses in order to purchase (or possibly rent) a bass for my daughter. I'm unsure what to look for or what's good and what's not.

How is this related to the tuba?
Lots of tuba players double on bass.
I happen to be an occasional tuba ...

As an amateur sometimes tuba player, I would have thought the Chicago Symphony to be one of those gigs that's the pinnacle of success, yet the last two principal trumpet players have left. What's up with that?

I hear that some coffee drinkers really like the K-cups.

Are Stofer Geibs still available new?

Approximately what price range do they sell for used?
Assume light use, unmarked rim, insertion marks in the shank.

@bloke

I assume this has the #2 rim?

If so, at what inner diameter?

Silver plated brass?

does that make it the Sellmansberg 4?


4-tay :smilie2:

I'll post some more junk later.
Tomorrow at lunch time, I have to head out of town to play some really wild stuff. I need to look at it ...

Heavy_Metal wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:29 pm he has begun making them again:

https://tonyclem.blogspot.com/2020/09/t ... ieces.html

Maybe I'm missing something, but that blog post was from 2020?

@bloke

I assume this has the #2 rim?

If so, at what inner diameter?

Silver plated brass?

does that make it the Sellmansberg 4?

bort2.0 wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:33 am
Pictures or it didn't happen.
....

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... A-u17D_LaB