Posted by js on June 14, 2003 at 00:13:49:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Who's Copying Whom? (Long) posted by Carole Nowicke on June 13, 2003 at 23:07:25:
I would believe that Mr. T. would very likely know more than most, as he was a student of Donatelli, though perhaps a little bit later on (' not quite sure of the time-line??).
Rarely, Mr. T. has posted on this forum. Perhaps???
A personal observation with this style of *tuba is (having played them both when obese and when not obese) that playing them when not obese is quite managable, playing them when somewhat obese is still manageable, and playing them when more obese starts becoming a nuisance.
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*very large front-action piston tuba, with a short mouthpipe that fails to wrap itself 90 degrees around the bell section.