Posted by Randy Mac Iver on May 18, 2001 at 22:20:56:
In Reply to: Re: BBb? posted by Tim Murphy on May 18, 2001 at 20:53:52:
Hey Tim,
Your thoughts are very logical when bassing your observations off the key board. You are right about the BBb being in the contra octave and the C is in the great octave along with the Eb and the F and the Bb Euphonium then you you would have the c French Tuba. There is some debate over where the division of the contra octave is but that is a whole other thread. So to sumerize it would go something like this
BBBb Monster tuba at Harvard
GG Marching Tuba made by Kanstal and the like
BBb Tubas and sousaphones
C Tuba
Eb Tuba
F Tuba
G Tuba
Bb Euphonium
some manufactures will use a term like EEb to imply a larger Eb Tuba and most people call C horns CC out of context but your milage may vary. There is no standardized nomenclature when it comes to pitch and dimensions as of yet.
Ya live and ya learn stuff
Randy Mac Iver