Posted by Chuck Koontz on July 01, 2002 at 09:39:24:
Hey Tubenet,
Well, let's see if I can remember everything:
Attendees and what they brought (In order of arrival) -
Chuck Koontz:
Hirsbrunner HB-6 CC
Cerveny Piggy CC (4 rotors)
B&S Symphonie model F (pre-Perantucci)
Miraphone 181 F (owned by Scott Sutherland)
Yamaha 822 F (owned by Scott Sutherland)
Dave Hayami:
Mirafone 186 CC (70's vintage, silverplate)
Yamaha Eb (4 piston, non-compensating)
Kurath BBb contra bugle (cut from GG by Robb Stewart)
Conn 20J BBb
Mirafone 184 BBb
King BBb
many, many mouthpieces & some creative "scratch paper"
Justin Jerome:
Miraphone 188 CC
B&S F (Symphonie model with Mirafone 184 bell)
Mirafone 190 CC (owned by Dave Amason)
Greg Nickel:
Mirafone 188 CC (silverplate)
Two very fun kids and his lovely wife
Beth Mitchell:
Holton 6/4 CC
Mirafone 188 CC
Yamaha 621 F
Winton White (the reason we all came):
B&S PT-3 CC
B&S PT-10 F
Steve Ferguson:
Hirsbrunner HB-2 CC
Mirafone 185 CC
Jupiter BBb (one lacquer, one silver)
Conn 4J BBb
Mirafone 180 F
Russian F (4-rotor, nickel plate)
Yamaha Euph
Jupiter Euph
Eb Alto horn
Mirafone F Cimbasso
Minick Contrabass Trombone (maybe in G?)
two mutes, some gig bags, tons of mouthpieces, tuba stands, CD's, etc. all loaded in to a very ugly VW bus he had borrowed for the day.
Joe Jackson:
Culbertson Neptune CC
B&S Symphonie F
So that makes 29 tubas, two euphoniums, a contrabass trombone, a cimbasso, an alto horn, mutes, bags, mouthpieces, eight tubists, two kids and a lovely wife.
We all played different horns for a while, then we played tuba ensemble stuff, we compared the big CC's, and then I had to leave but some people stayed behind so I'll let them tell you what else happened.
I'll post instrument observations in a follow-up so this post doesn't get any longer.
-ck