Posted by Eric on December 12, 2003 at 20:50:04:
In Reply to: Most 'agile'Tuba?? posted by Barry Tone on December 12, 2003 at 18:11:23:
The most agile one I've found is an old 1918 Besson class A Eb. With a shallow mouthpiece it sounds more like a euphonium, and with a deep mouthpiece it sounds more like a tuba.
Another option is to get a wide diameter yet shallow mouthpiece for euphonium. It only takes a minute with a lathe to turn a bass trombone size shank down to fit a euphonium receiver. Just get a shallow Eb tuba mouthpiece with a small shank and have someone turn it down even smaller. Other euphoniumists will wonder how you get such a huge, vibrant sound.