Re: Recommendation on switch from a 186ish to a 188ish tuba
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:15 pm
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Recommendation on switch from a 186ish to a 188ish tuba
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Re: Recommendation on switch from a 186ish to a 188ish tuba
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:06 pm
My daughter said, "Hey! You found your kumbaya instrument." Which I would have guessed might be a guitar. But she said, "no, this is one that you can sit on the floor and jam with." So we found a playlist of random folk and pop songs with easyish bass parts, she got a cornet, and we sat on the floor and jammed. Worked great. Such an easy tuba.
Re: Recommendation on switch from a 186ish to a 188ish tuba
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:04 am
This may just be me, but I’ve actually never been a huge fan of either the 186 or the 188. For my personal preference and tastes, they both feel too small. Comfortable to hold and play, good design, and a good scale, yes, no disputing that. But they’ve never sounded like what I want to hear coming out of the bell… So I bought a MRP 
To OP: There is a B&S PT-3 on eBay right now. Maybe not what you’re looking for but it’s in that realm of small-ish rotary CC for not a lot of money.
To OP: There is a B&S PT-3 on eBay right now. Maybe not what you’re looking for but it’s in that realm of small-ish rotary CC for not a lot of money.