Posted by Sean Chisham on November 27, 2001 at 00:14:20:
In Reply to: yamaha ybb-641 sound posted by Zach on November 26, 2001 at 19:55:40:
Aren't those the copies of German tubas? No offense to you personally or to anyone who happens to own one, but I have never heard a decent player play one to even be able to form an opinion. If they sound like the Miraphones and Meinl Westons and such which are of a similiar shape, then I would guess that they have the potention to sound like a typical German BBb. An American BBb would be a King or Conn or York.
Of course these are generalizations. Hearing Heiko Triebener play a PT-10 in the lower register where a big sound is called for, you would swear it was a 6/4 CC tuba. Depends on who is firing the weapon.
sean