Posted by Allen Ammerman on July 03, 2000 at 13:43:55:
In Reply to: Any "NEW" comments on the CONN 52/56? posted by TS on June 30, 2000 at 14:47:10:
I assume you are talking about the new Conn CC tuba. (I'm not good at memorizing model numbers) I just played their new CC at the Raphael Mendez Institute in Cincinati. I thought it had a nice feel. It's very compact and very heavy! However, the intonation on this Conn CC is not very good at all!! The trigger construction isn't the best I've seen either. These problems could probably be fixed by making longer tuning slides, and cutting others. Personally, I wouldn't mess with the Conn CC.