RIP VAN WINKLE LOOKS AT TUBA MUTES – Bob Halley
I recently returned to music after a thirty year intermission, this time to a most enjoyable retirement hobby. At about the time the intermission began…
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STRUCTURAL AND HUMAN-ENGINEERING FACTORS IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF CONICAL-BORE CONTRABASS CUP-MOUTHPIECE VALVE INSTRUMENTS (PART 1) – Robert Pallansch — T.U.B.A. Research Coordinator
or THE TUBA AS SHE IS BUILT (Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the February, 1973, issue of The Instrumentalist – the “tuba issue.”…
TENOR, BASS AND CONTRABASS TUBAS — COMPARISONS AND CONTRASTS – Chester Roberts
I propose to comment here on the tenor, bass, and contrabass tubas in the several keys with regard to their fitness for various uses in…
A CHOICE OF ONE OR TWO OR BOTH – Ivan Hammond
For several decades horn players have had the choice of using one or more horns in different keys or, as in the case of very…