Posted by james on June 08, 1999 at 20:30:38:
In Reply to: Largest Tuba posted by Larry on June 08, 1999 at 20:05:33:
I might be wrong but I think the biggest CC tuba on market today is either the PT-7,the Mel Culbertson Neptune(virtually the same horn,by the same manufacturer), the big York-Brunner is very big but might have a slightly smaller bore than the others. There are a few 6\4 CC tubas on the market today which is the biggest you can get. Nirschl makes a 6\4, Meinl Weston(Warren Deck)also, Hirsbrunner, Perantucci, and VMI(Mel Culbertson). These horns are used by almost strictly professional orchestral tuba players. Gene Porkorny(Chicago) uses a huge York 6\4 tuba and Warren Deck(New York)uses a Nirschl 6\4 just recently swithing over recently from the Meinl Weston Warren Deck model.
James