huge compensating euphonium mouthpiece-modified towards "French tuba" use
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:27 pm
This not-particularly-substantive excerpt (Halloween pops) of the "Alfred Hitchcock" theme (and we all know the correct title of Gounod's composition) was played on my crazy-large compensating euphonium using a Doug Elliott contrabass trombone mouthpiece (smaller than most any tuba mouthpiece, the length of a trombone mouthpiece, and larger than most any bass trombone mouthpiece).
The BELL on this instrument is what is remarkably large, as the Wick metal euphonium straight mute (with the factory corks UN-trimmed) nearly bottoms out.
I've referred to using this instrument as an ophicleide or French tuba substitute (too) many times of this forum, but stumbled across my section mate (bass trombonist) having recorded this (again: unremarkable, as are most of our parts) excerpt with his tablet...
...so (ie. "whatever") here is an example of my doing as I claim I do:
@UncleBeer may or may not find this to be interesting. (I'd wager not...LOL...It's really not particularly interesting.)
https://www.facebook.com/9220065/videos ... 9733312373
...so how many notes did I play in that...??
(not many)
I had both covid and a cracked tooth. Pain killers weren't doing to the trick. I also played "Mars" on that same concert, but (wisely) I used my MUCH SMALLER Yamaha 321 euphonium to play that - to a tuba player - screamin' high part (small shank, 1/2mm smaller bore, much smaller bell, plain ol' Schilke 51-NOT-D mpc.)
The BELL on this instrument is what is remarkably large, as the Wick metal euphonium straight mute (with the factory corks UN-trimmed) nearly bottoms out.
I've referred to using this instrument as an ophicleide or French tuba substitute (too) many times of this forum, but stumbled across my section mate (bass trombonist) having recorded this (again: unremarkable, as are most of our parts) excerpt with his tablet...
...so (ie. "whatever") here is an example of my doing as I claim I do:
@UncleBeer may or may not find this to be interesting. (I'd wager not...LOL...It's really not particularly interesting.)
https://www.facebook.com/9220065/videos ... 9733312373
...so how many notes did I play in that...??
(not many)
I had both covid and a cracked tooth. Pain killers weren't doing to the trick. I also played "Mars" on that same concert, but (wisely) I used my MUCH SMALLER Yamaha 321 euphonium to play that - to a tuba player - screamin' high part (small shank, 1/2mm smaller bore, much smaller bell, plain ol' Schilke 51-NOT-D mpc.)