You might try contacting Ira Nepus directly on Facebook.

Other than that, I'd probably look for a similarly inexpensive Eb rather than an F -- likely medium size, non-comp. In that case, I'd probably go with rotary valves (for a couple of reasons). But if you want something that's more in the F-ish direction, there's the Norwegian Star ($$$$$$$), alas ...

...has front action pistons in a 3+3 (normal lengths, not Viennese) or 3+1 compensating layout, and is ideally a 5/4 or larger?

After playing a few different tubas in a big band setting (dedicated tuba parts, like the Gil Evans stuff), I've concluded that this combination would be my ideal ...

I think 2 and 2 is the magic number. Any less and it's not full enough (plus no divisi), any more and it's not as tight. Of course a huge band you probably want more, but I also don't like huge bands!

For a concert band, I prefer the following brass:

- 4 horns (+an assistant if you must)
- 6 ...

The Lafreque is pretty obnoxiously marketed in such a way that it seems like snake oil. If all they said was "adding mass to key spots on an instrument affects things, here's a thing to add mass to a key spot on an instrument", people would get what they're actually about. It's not magic, it's not ...

I'll take it - sending PM.

Ahh, Clarke #2...the siren song of trumpet players warming up everywhere.

^ I believe that spreadsheet was on Art Hovey's website.

http://galvanizedjazz.com/tuba.html


That's the one!


My current alternate for open low F is 56-134, which is dead on and very easy to control. I imagine that 7-134 or somesuch would work well, too.


With the 7th valve, 13467 is the ...

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Your realization about the function of long 5th (or later) vales can be put a simple way: they are all tuned to the 4th valve.

The flat whole step 5th valve on a 6-valve F tuba is an in-tune 1st valve in C.
The flat half step 6th valve on a 6-valve F tuba is an in ...

It might be interesting to collect all of the different ways you could make a parts horn fully chromatic and how much work each method would be based on the different valve sets you have at your disposal. 3-valve piston sets, 4-valve piston sets, 3v compensating sets, 2 piston valves (from a G ...

I don't know if you've ever encountered them, but Kurath (Willson) also made some F instruments which they marketed as mellophones in the United States through DEG, and featured two sizes of bells (either at the same time, or likely starting out with the smaller bell and later going to the larger ...

Marching brass was Kanstul's bread and butter. Zig was making G bugles before the company Kanstul started, and once Kanstul started with those they branched out to Bb/F marching brass. The concert stuff came later, but marching instruments was where Zig really shined. Kanstul's 3-valve G bugles ...

Euphonium is easy. It's one of those things that a few players will insist against but most people understand that it's true, just like the saxophone. Furthermore, it is my opinion that euphonium solo repertoire is so much more difficult/virtuosic than any other brass repertoire (except for a few ...

Ok fine...I'll take the Olds Frenchie bugle. I can't resist anymore...

Anime orchestra concerts are similar. I recently played on a concert with the music of One Piece, with the show playing behind us as we played the tracks. The concert was in a massive theater as part of the annual anime convention here. It was packed, and there was indeed rock concert-level roaring ...

Being someone who uses a 72H every day, I'd love to try that horn!

Tenon/receiver swapping is standard procedure in frankenboning. My tech is currently taking 4 King trombones of mine and making them modular, which includes putting them all on the same tenon/receiver.


Since the King male connector differs from other makes in that the inside slide tube doesn ...

Tenon/receiver swapping is standard procedure in frankenboning. My tech is currently taking 4 King trombones of mine and making them modular, which includes putting them all on the same tenon/receiver.

arpthark wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2024 4:49 pmWho made em?

I've heard that they were made for Bach on the cheap by an Italian maker. No idea how I would get confirmation of that, though.

Indiana University has one of these.

It is the single worst brass instrument I have ever played. Be warned