I read somewhere the MW25 is a popular choice in Germany for guys who can't justify a Fafner or the like. I played with a guy with one for a while in brass band (like 20 years ago, saw them play last year) and he's got a big, fantastic sound. There's also the B&S 55 but I don't have any experience ...

I've bought a lot of mps over the years but (almost) always went back to a Bach 18. The exception being a PT48 I liked when I was playing a Miraphone 187, that was a really nice combo with a trombone section. I had an LM12 for a while but decided it was too much of a novelty. Fortunately I bought it ...

I watched a video of one of the DC guys playing a 4 valve Eb helicon; for a joke he pulled the 4th slide way out, hung a beer stein on it and proceeded to play perfectly in tune. I'd consider that validation of your idea.

These seem to have great false tones. I played next to a guy with a kinda beater one of these 20 odd years ago, when I explained the concept to him he was able to easily play them very well on it.

Reynolds Model 95 Tromhorn in B flat , with good condition original case interior straps in place, and bakelite case handle intact.

Plays well, the scale is pretty well in tune as well.

Forever, I had just thought it was an old Reynolds E-flat mellophonium (nope) type of instrument.

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This was posted in Japan for $15k a few months ago, looks like it's back for $9800. I've never bought a tuba from a different part of the world though. Seems a little iffy today unless you know someone local you can trust to make a $10,000+ decision for you.

https://tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php?t ...

Tl;dr- enlist in a Reserves/NG band and enroll in music school at an affordable community college with your GI bill, between work and school you'll play and learn a ton.

Here's what I did when I decided I wanted to try music school again (approx 26 years old, played a bunch back in Indiana but ...

I wouldn't do it as a full time euph player, but you can just use one of those. If you want something big but more euphy Denis Wick makes a 2g sized mp, the SM2. I have the SM3M for a medium shank Amati euph I got in the 90s (came with a 3g, bought this in the early 2000s).

What mp do you play on bass trombone?

Do not underestimate just how softly all who play before you are going to play. And do not overestimate your ability to play just as softly as they did. My two cents.


Play Mahler II on French tuba.

No, Gustav Mahler never lived in Paris, though he visited the city several times for ...

An experienced conductor can also be effective in managing the audience.
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I love how the audience held their applause until Maestro Blomstedt nodded his head signaling that it was appropriate for them to applaud now. I wish more conductors and audiences would learn to do this.
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I like that Pepper tuba, it reminds me of those slim, elegant little York and Holton tubas. Almost like a bass euphonium, makes me want to pull out some classic treble clef baritone solos and sing away. :tuba:

I owned a 4 valve version of that Conn Giant. It had a nice sound, but didn't play all ...

Driving along the Mississippi through farm country sounds like a pleasant experience if done occasionally. The missus has a shared family place in SW Michigan. We were up there recently and on the way back home we took some very pleasant back roads instead of 94. Lots of rolling farm fields ...

When I sold my contrabone we did a bank transfer, I actually don't remember how I bought it (private party, not from a business). It was $5000 (~15 years ago), I think there was a $25 fee. Things have changed a lot in that time though, I opened up a new bank account this year and boy was that a pain ...

Regarding Phil Teele, I think that's an opera model Alexander contra. Here's some fun noises from him on bass, as well as some tubax finger wiggling.

I owned a Kanstul F/C/Db contra for about a year but never played it that much. I think I only played it in a group once, the CTA- Chicago Trombone Authority. Fantastic group with a great email list (got a few gigs out of that), getting out to rehearsal was difficult so I didn't play with them ...

The European guys who play giant Bb tubas seem to be generally happy with 4 valves (though I recall one of the MW Bb's had an optional removable dependent 5th. The guy that's been posted on here, Frederic, has his horn set up with a side first kicker so his hand can sit on the 4th valve slide and ...

I wonder if they are actually merely pictures of trombones, and if frames are included.

Or if it's really a trumpet (which seems to be mentioned a couple of times) and the pictures are meant only as kind of allegorical references to the product. Or if it's a trumpet "upgraded" to a "Bb tenor ...

In high school, when I started playing baritone mostly full time, I became obsessed with making the fullest, roundest, broadest sound I could. BWAH BWAH BWAH, to the point I think it started messing with my articulation. 😬
When I started playing again a few years after graduating HS I really got ...

Has anyone done a side-by-side comparison of any of the recent, supposedly York-inspired, BBb horns out there?

Yamaha YBB-623

Eastman EBB622

Sierman B-Rex (Tanker 1030-1)

I'm tempted to include the new Conn CBB4114 , although it's top-action whereas all the others are front-action. The ...