Posted by LV on December 27, 2002 at 09:04:21:
In Reply to: RM 4345 vs other CC tubas? posted by Steve Inman on December 26, 2002 at 10:12:08:
The 4345 rotory is VERY similar (wink, wink) to the HB2(Custom's numbering) and the 4345 piston is VERY similar (again, wink, wink) to the HB20/21 (also Custom's numbering).
For a while folks talked about the 4345 piston as a "Conn copy" and there was a "Conn copy" initially, but the horns that made it to the states were not the "Conn copies" but rather the "HB" copies if you will. I have played all four models pretty much back to back and they are clearly "kissin' cousins" with some very interesting playing charcteristics in common. Tapers, flairs, tubing layout in the valves and branches, etc are remarkably close (wink, wink)
FWIW
LV.