Re: Re: Re: Re: good Eb tuba


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Posted by Jim on January 09, 2004 at 21:17:33:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: good Eb tuba posted by GC on January 09, 2004 at 20:32:07:

I own one and I am very happy with it. I can understand the complaint some have had about the size. I am about 6 ft 1 and it is still pretty high for me. I hold the horn off the chair and cradle it between my knees and it fits me just fine. Very comfortable that way. The horn weighs 21 pounds and it about as big as some 4/4 contra bass tubas. 17 3/4" bell and 37 1/2" tall.

As far as the weight goes I have heard some on the board say they have horns the weigh in the 60 pound range. That is very heavy. I also play a willson CC That feels very heavy. I weighed it just to see how much it weighed and it was only 27 pounds. I would love to see a 60 pound tuba because it must be huge.


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