Posted by Rick Denney on January 09, 2003 at 10:03:11:
In Reply to: 4/4 C tuba recommendations posted by Robert on January 09, 2003 at 08:06:44:
4/4? It seems to me that most of these on your list tend to considered 3/4 tubas. The 52J is listed as a 4/4 instrument, but it is on the small side of that category. The 52J is nothing like the 3J, it seems to me, so I would consider them separately and not interchangeably (if I've understood you).
You should probably add the Rudy Meinl 3/4 to your list. It is at the larger end of the range defined by the instruments you have listed, and would definitely meet your objectives.
Rick "who senses the effects of size inflation" Denney