If you would like to keep the 6/4 Miraphone, you might try a mouthpiece with a smaller throat, such as 8 mm, rather than 8.2 or "8.huge". My experience is that with a very large tuba with a very large bore, the sound isn't going to be any smaller with a smaller throat, if the rest of the mouthpiece ...

In what way? physically uncomfortable while playing? ... while transporting to and from? hard to play some parts of the range? ... everywhere in the range? ... to get the sound you want? ...? I guess the problem is that I'm a to bad player and don't have the correct technique. ...and there is no ...

Right now I play on a Miraphone 497 Hagen (6/4 BBb), but find it a bit to large for me. I'm playing mostly in Concert Band.
Which in you opinion is the most easy to play (4/4 or 5/4 rotary BBb) tuba in the low register (Bb under the system and below)?

/Erik

Hi,

Any one done a side by side test of Miraphone Hagen (5/4 or 6/4) vs Melton 197/2 ?

/Erik

I love my 496. If Erik really wanted to trade his 497 for my 496 5v with Miraphone bag, I'd first ask that he allow me time to make a trip to Fort Worth to compare my 496 with the 497 to definitely make sure that's what I would want do. :teeth: No. USA is to far away, and I have never played a 496 ...

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:51 am What about the Hagen 496 instead?

Yes, a 5/4 Hagen is an obvious candidate.
Another one I looking at is a MW Fafner (rotor or piston). Any one tested both versions of the Fafner?

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:49 am If your issue is mostly the "work" (once seated in the ensemble) and not really the "size" (getting the large piece of equipment to the venue), I'm just wondering if someone might trade - outright - with you...

It's the work, not the actual size.

Hi all,

Today I have an Miraphone Hagen 6/4 Bb and I start to feel it is a lil to big for me. Any suggestion on an equal good Bb, but in 5/4 size?
(I play Tuba 2 parts in Concert Bands)

donn wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:33 am I could be wrong, not being a regular user of that feature, but I think it will stay there until the recipient opens it.

Thx Donn

A side note to this thread, I got some PM, and when I answer I see that what I wrote is in Out-box, and it's hours since I wrote the answer, why?
Is there some issue preventing me from sending mails?

Hi all and thx for your reply. I have since I wrote this tread meet a tuba teacher. First thing he noticed was that I am always bended max high on all tones, instead of somewhere in the middle. It turned out that my chin was to long out, so when pulling the chin in I was also able to bend down the ...

Hi all,

I know: get a teacher. (...and I will)

I have an issue: it don't matter what mpc or type of Bb or Eb tuba I play, I'm always way to high. So high that tuning slide is to short.
Any general idea of the issue, or how to find the issue?

/Erik

Thats funny, because my cheek puffing all the time when blowing in my tuba. If I try to have firm corners I get not so much puffing, but not much sound. If I blow with full sound my cheeks puff, and my corners are not firm. Major problem is that here where I live, there is no tuba teacher that ...

LeMark wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:08 pm say the word "pepper"

make note of what your corners feel like while you say that

there you go

First this made no sense at all, but when I try to sound like an American (and not as a Swede) it made me understand what you ment :)

Hi all,

Since I'm self-taught on tuba I don't know, and like to ask following: I see on YT and read often about firm corners, but how firm is firm corners?

They sell 5th valve + lead pipe as a kit to those that like to upgrade there 4 valve version.

Erik_Sweden wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 2:04 pm

pjv wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:10 pm Write to Miraphone and ask.

I have sent a mail to them. Lets see what they say.

They say it's an independent long 1st, placed before 1st valve.

pjv wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:10 pm Write to Miraphone and ask.

I have sent a mail to them. Lets see what they say.

When I bought my 497, there was only 4 valve version, but now on Mira home page, I see a 5 valve version.
Any one have any info, or play test on the 5 valve version?