Re: weird bell on chuck's tuba


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Posted by Dave Seip on October 08, 2001 at 21:49:09:

In Reply to: weird bell on chuck's tuba posted by me on October 08, 2001 at 21:31:25:

My understanding is, near the end of his run with the Getzen CB-50, Chuck had a bell made for it out of carbon fiber. He liked the sound, and when the Canadian Brass switched back to Yamaha, he had another carbon fiber bell made for that horn. I haven't listened enough to know if there's a huge difference in sound, and of course, I've never played it, so I've no idea if it feels different playing. Chuck calls it his "stealth" tuba, and I guess you could potentially speed while playing it and not be picked up by radar. Or, while flying over one of bin Laden's training camps, you could play a little tune before dropping the bombs and have no fear of being detected =)



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