FTNK Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) You don't often see drum corps-specific instruments outside of the marching arts, but jazz musician Reginald Chapman has a System Blue tuba customized in raw brass by the BAC Horn Dr., pretty neat. He's a boss on bass trombone and bass trumpet Anyway I just thought some might find that cool Edited April 22, 2019 by FTNK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Does it affect the sound of the instrument, or purely cosmetic? Very, very curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Tuma Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 28 minutes ago, BigW said: Does it affect the sound of the instrument, or purely cosmetic? Very, very curious. Warmer sound? It seems to be a thing with many pro French horn players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTNK Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Not sure, I’m not a brass player (though I did play one in a few drum corps shows) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I now Red Brass makes a difference... I wish Meinl-Weston would have built the prototype rotary Euphonium I played made of it. Light weight but really dark. It looks like the Brass player's equivalent of a Rat Rod... I dig it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 At least one, & maybe two valves too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigW Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Talked to a Cadets Tuba player about a year ago, he said the parts were carefully written to avoid the use of the 4th valve, usually written higher to avoid it, which I found interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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