Posted by Rick Denney on May 10, 2001 at 07:33:28:
In Reply to: What kind of equipment do yo use posted by Let's have some fun! on May 09, 2001 at 11:40:29:
Get the feeling people like talking about their horns? Well, me, too.
Here's the list:
York Master BBb (1960-ish vintage made by Boehm and Meinl, once owned by Oscar Lagasse and Chris Hall, and not complaining too much at its current fate)
Miraphone 186-4U BBb (mid-70's vintage)
Yamaha YFB 621 F tuba
Missenharter F tuba (ca. 1890's, 4-valve, top-action, formerly Eb)
Besson Imperial euphonium (pre-Sovereign compensator)
Reynolds euphonium (1937 vintage with straight bell and four top-action valves)
Mouthpieces:
Doug Elliott 132n-T-N6 (usual on the York)
Parantucci PT-48 (usual on the Miraphone)
Conn Helleberg (full size, usual on the Yamaha and Missenharter)
Denis Wick Steven Mead SM-3 (usual on the Besson)
Schilke 51 (not D, usual on the Reynolds)
plus a few more that are sitting out of the rotation at the moment:
Miraphone Rose Orchestra
Warburton X-30 cup with medium backbore for F tuba
Warburton "Tuba Exchange" Rose
PT-1 (PT-36?)
PT-2 (don't know the current equivalent)
Bach 18
Bach 7
Schilke 66 (a good paperweight)
Bach 3G
Bach 6-1/2AL
Besson G-70
And then...
1886 Hazelton Brothers 76" grand piano, which plays up to modern spec as long as I have it tuned twice a year.
Rick "who loves them but can't play them very well" Denney