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Here it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuba
I've been working on it for a while, but I'm at a point where I'd like to get some opinions on it - helpful suggestions, omissions, and withering criticism welcome, particularly around the tuba in the US of A, which I'm not as familiar with, being from New Zealand. I know the repertoire section is too brief and needs work, and there needs to be more about current notable players. I've also worked on euphonium, tenor horn, and baritone horn, if you have opinions there too.

Congratulations. I understand it's an encyclopedia, but that's an awfully broad topic for one person to try to cover in an article.

Good job! Minor corrections:


- Saxhorns were also built in 8' C from around 1860 onward, so weren't a 20th century development.

- Miles Davis' inspiration for his "Birth of the Cool" band was the Claude Thornhill band in the 1940s.

- Henry Threadgill was using the great Bob Stewart in his groups long before Marcus Rojas was asked to sub. Bob is certainly worthy of mention for his pioneering work with Arthur Blythe.

- Dave Bargeron (Blood, Sweat & Tears) is deserving of mention in the NYC jazz scene.

- Notably missing as well is mention of Ray Draper, who led a band in the 50s using a young John Coltrane as a sideman.

UncleBeer wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 4:41 am Good job! Minor corrections:

Thank you for these - I'll work through them over the weekend. I'd also like to expand an "orchestral repertoire" section, with score snippets of maybe the top three excerpts. Now there's a poll... top three tuba excerpts? In auditions? By difficulty? Notability? Answers on the back of an envelope...