This thread might be shifting a bit, but I consider pitch and response first. I tend to be able to adjust MP or approach enough to get different colors if I'm not having to work too hard for pitch. I agree every horn has a quirk in some aspect of playing, and we all have to find the trade offs we ...

The stainless OG has a little more burn/focus/clarity forward type sound, while the symphony is a little rounder/prettier.


I thought this was merely due to the shank on the 3 piece. This is probably the opposite direction I want to go if it is the cup too since I am a more aggressive player ...

The stainless OG has a little more burn/focus/clarity forward type sound, while the symphony is a little rounder/prettier.


I thought this was merely due to the shank on the 3 piece. This is probably the opposite direction I want to go if it is the cup too since I am a more aggressive player ...

My old DS had an "in between receiver" that I generally used American shank on for everything except Giddings pieces (needed euro).

I agree with this. I think the PT-50 and PT-50+ are equally as hard to play on. 😂


I don't know if it was my two specific mouthpieces or what. I'd never had much of a preference for megatone or + or whatever people were calling them mouthpieces, EXCEPT my 50 and 50+.

Background - this was ...

The stainless OG has a little more burn/focus/clarity forward type sound, while the symphony is a little rounder/prettier.


That being said, I'm using the OG ultimate lately on my 2155 (with a XD/Profundo style rim). I'd love to use a standard depth symphony/OGU but this horn behaves (pitch wise ...

The stainless OG has a little more burn/focus/clarity forward type sound, while the symphony is a little rounder/prettier.

I found the Sellmansberger Symphony with the not deeper / XD / Profundo rim was the ticket for my old DS. I image the OG ultimate that I'm using now on my 2155 would have been just as good of a choice.

The DS (at least my example) was not a particularly mouthpiece picky tuba.

This would be my shortlist:

Bloke's new brass ultimate grand orchestral MP, especially the threaded rim version if you need/want a different rim choices than the standard #2 style rim he has on the 1 piece variety.

The Sellmansberger Symphony, 3 piece stainless.

Laskey 30H (or the variants with ...

I used one through HS. It has a pretty open throat. Internal diameter is about like the 24AW, but with a better rim (like the countout of the 18, though different internal/opening size). It is a solid choice. I had a 7B, and I remember the Wick playing more open / darker / overall better for me (I ...

I am so sorry for your loss my friend @russiantuba

Prayers for you, his family, friends, and other students. Sounds like he was a great man.

I owned a DS for many years, I bought it from bloke. It was a nice horn that served me well for about 10 years or so. Very much like a 188 size with a better low register. Pitch was very workable. VERY nice valves!

I seem to remember a larger and smaller bel.canto around 2011 (I think the larger was a bel canto 181, and the smaller the 381). The slightly smaller one played great at Mid West when I tried it years ago.

This is a long shot but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a CC or F tuba being sold for around the 3k mark by a music store or any other source with a business license. It would be purchased by a school and thus would have to be purchased from somewhere with a business license.


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Congratulations! I was so tempted, but it just wasn't in the cards.

Where is the horn located?

A Hagen 496 might fit in your budget.

The Eastman 825vg does as well.

https://www.dillonmusic.com/eastman-ebb ... quantity=1

I use 1, but have found on my current and former F tubas, that high G above the staff is a no go if the horn is not clean or in proper alignment. Usually the first thing to indicate time to flush it out.

Congratulations Don!!!!

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