Posted by Rick Denney on May 09, 2002 at 09:03:55:
In Reply to: Miraphone 190 posted by GC on May 09, 2002 at 08:30:33:
In its general plan it looks just like any other kaiser-size rotary tuba, such as the 5/4 Rudy Meinl or a Cerveny 601. Pictures don't do it justice, because it's so similar to a 4/4 rotary tuba except proportionately bigger. Photographs don't show scale very well.
I played one at ITEC in Austin back in the mid 80's, and recall that anything below mezzo-forte was unattainable. But I had a similar problem with a Cerveny 601, to the strong disagreement of many better players, so take that opinion for what it's worth.
Rick "thinking in this case a picture is not worth a thousand words" Denney