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The main tube of a B ♭ tuba is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) long, while that of a C tuba is 16 feet (4.9 m), of an E ♭ tuba 13 feet (4.0 m), and of an F tuba 12 feet (3.7 m). The instrument has a conical bore , meaning the bore diameter increases as a function of the tubing length from the mouthpiece to the bell.
The Wagner tuba is a four-valve brass instrument commissioned by and named after Richard Wagner.It combines technical features of both standard tubas and French horns, [1] though despite its name, the Wagner tuba is more similar to the latter, and usually played by horn players.
Besson is a manufacturer of brass musical instruments.It is owned by Buffet Crampon, which bought Besson in 2006 from The Music Group.. The company was formed in 1837 by Gustave Auguste Besson, who at the age of 18 produced a revolutionary design of cornet which surpassed all contemporary models.
Pierre Max Dubois, Histoires de tuba (1988) Vinko Globokar, Juriritubaïoka (1996) Sofia Gubaidulina, Lamento (1977) Jennifer Higdon, Tuba Songs (2016) Paul Hindemith, Tuba Sonata (1955) Vagn Holmboe, Tuba Sonata, Op. 162 (1985) Bertold Hummel, Sonatina op. 81a (1983) Bertold Hummel, 3 Bagatelles op. 95h (1993)
Principal tuba with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (1964–1972). English tubist, musicologist and early music specialist playing ophicleide, cimbasso and serpent. Wrote The Tuba Family, a standard text on the history of low brass instruments. Ronald Bishop: 1934–2013 American Classical Principal tubist of the Cleveland Orchestra (1967–2005).
The contrabass bugle (usually shortened to contra or simply called the marching tuba) is the lowest-pitched brass instrument in the drum and bugle corps and marching band hornline. [1] It is the drum corps' counterpart to the marching band's sousaphone : the lowest-pitched member of the hornline, and a replacement for the concert tuba on the ...
C. G. Conn Ltd., Conn Instruments or commonly just Conn, is a former American manufacturer of musical instruments incorporated in 1915. It bought the production facilities owned by Charles Gerard Conn, a major figure in early manufacture of brasswinds and saxophones in the USA.
The sousaphone (/ ˈ s uː z ə f oʊ n / SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa (after whom the instrument was then named), it was designed to be easier to play than the concert tuba while standing or marching, as well as to carry the sound of the instrument above the heads ...