Posted by Rick Denney on July 17, 2002 at 14:24:41:
In Reply to: Re: comparing F tubas posted by Steve Marcus on July 17, 2002 at 10:13:41:
They are about the same, but with a different bell shape making it hard to compare.
As to Mary Ann's question:
I would actually rank the Meinl-Weston in the middle, and call the Rudy (listed as a 5/4), Miraphone, and Willson the big F tubas. The Meinl-Weston 45SLP is sorta like the 822 in general size. The B&S is about the same.
I haven't approached any of these with a ruler, though I did look at a MW182 and a Yamaha 621 side-by-side at a conference. These are just the way they seemed to me.
Rick "who will probably be refuted and surprised by actual measurements" Denney