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Verdi's "cimbasso" FINALLY unearthed !!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:40 pm
by bloke
- looks goofy
- made in an Italian enclave (OK...technically Switzerland, but really close)
- pitched in F
This MUST be it...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134630106653
Re: Verdi's "cimbasso" FINALLY unearthed !!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:43 pm
by arpthark
Aesthetically, I think that's a pretty cool tuba. I love the m.o.p. inlays on the paddles.
edit: doesn't look like real mother of pearl...?
Re: Verdi's "cimbasso" FINALLY unearthed !!!!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2023 8:27 am
by bloke
Well, if it's not real mother pearl, I'm no longer interested in purchasing the instrument.
Re: Verdi's "cimbasso" FINALLY unearthed !!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:39 am
by Bob Kolada
That's a cool little horn!
I'd love to play one of those Kalison tuba-shaped cimbassos. It's hard to even find a picture of them now.
Re: Verdi's "cimbasso" FINALLY unearthed !!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:20 am
by arpthark
Bob Kolada wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:39 am
That's a cool little horn!
I'd love to play one of those Kalison tuba-shaped cimbassos. It's hard to even find a picture of them now.
Back on the market, now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134645659530?h ... SwertkmXvF
Re: Verdi's "cimbasso" FINALLY unearthed !!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:36 am
by Bob Kolada
Alas, I'm too broke to buy your baritone let alone import an unknown tuba.
Nice long slide pulls though, I bet one could tune 4 flat and use 3 to clean up the low range. Not that most people who buy a 4 valve F have low range intentions...
