Posted by Rick Denney on April 23, 2003 at 14:49:57:
In Reply to: switch to F? posted by Paul Weissenborn on April 23, 2003 at 13:35:43:
The only musical reason I can think of to switch to the F instead of the Eb for solo work is if you find an F that you particularly like compared to the Eb alternatives. But you lose no bonus points for wanting to add the F to your arsenal "just because".
Though a resolute fan of BBb tubas, if someone gave me, say, a Meinl-Weston 2000, I'd learn CC in a heartbeat (or, more accurately, I'd start learning CC in a heartbeat). Probably the only reason I never switched, given the availability of fabulous CC tubas, is that I couldn't afford them and the BBb equivalents (when I could find them) were within my means.
Some of the Eb's are bigger and are designed for general orchestral use, moreso than many F's. But for instruments that you'd like in your application, this difference is probably not significant.
Rick "who can think of as many soloists who use Eb as those who use F" Denney