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Finally the time has come. Today I would like to give you a sound example of the Berliner F- Tuba. It was built by Master Stephan Schmidt from Markneukirchen www.hsm-brass.de
It is a replica of a Berliner tuba from 1850. The original is a Julius Lemcke from Berlin. Like the original, the replica has a 15mm Berliner pumpen valves and an (almost) cylindrical leadpipe.
I played the Bombardon aria from the opera: Das Goldenes Kreuz by Ignaz Brüll. At the piano the fantastic Natalia Nazarenus.
Have fun listening
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Bob Kolada wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:49 am
Fantastic! What mp are you using?
It is a Contrabasstrombone mouthpiece from Laetzsch Bremen. I had it in a box and it works very well.
It is hemispherical in the cup. Works well with zylindrical leadpipes
matt g wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:05 am
To my lame ear, the two sound similar, with the tactile and layout advantage going to this design. Both sound like an improved ophicleide to me.
Noooo. Timbrely (if that ain't a word, it oughta be!) they're very different, and I'd bet it's because of the very different bell flares, and the fact that the Berliner is in F, and the French tuba a 5th higher.
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matt g wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:05 am
To my lame ear, the two sound similar, with the tactile and layout advantage going to this design. Both sound like an improved ophicleide to me.
Noooo. Timbrely (if that ain't a word, it oughta be!) they're very different, and I'd bet it's because of the very different bell flares, and the fact that the Berliner is in F, and the French tuba a 5th higher.
