Posted by Art H on November 04, 2003 at 00:21:23:
In Reply to: Re: Bell modification posted by Sure... on November 03, 2003 at 12:47:53:
The thing about the Reynolds Contempora upright bell is that it's just about the tallest bell anywhere. A shorter and more reasonable-sized bell would be nice on that instrument, but you would have to make it longer somewhere else. They got away with it on the Kings by some miracle, so it can be done. I would be tempted to try one of the bigger yamaha BBb bells. There are plenty of those tubas around, in various degrees of damage.