11/10/2022 Cerveny 681 Tuba Demo

I play this horn in the community band as well as the Wessex grand. In this link you can hear the 681 along with other tubas playing the old fav Manin Veen. I forgot how much I enjoy wind ensemble music because in the other styles I play (fox trot/polk) I don't get to bring the thunder like I do around 2:00 on. And if you ever want your volunteer band to take it up a notch, have them play in the Meyerson. Plus the kiddie choir means mom, dad, and the whole clan will show up and fill the hall. Then you really do get to feel like 'serious' musician. Ha. Phooey! But its a nice hall. • 3/19/2022 Wylie Commun... And in small group setting: • 9/26/2021 - Wylie Comm... Boo! I never get to play trombone. But if you look at singapore slingers jingle bells you get to see me play my olds opera.

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Thank you for the nice video! I also have a Cerveny 681 tuba, but mine is silverplated. I think it's a fantastic horn. For dayly practice I use a Wessex Mighty Midget, wich I also love.

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Does the difference in the two horns bother you very much? I had a travel tuba for a short time.

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@@steamboat75043 Thank You for the reply! I have to say that the Mighty Midget horn requires a little bit less air to make a good sound than the Cerveny 681. But the difference doesn't bother me as much as it would compared to if I was practicing with, for instace, a Schiller Travel Tuba..

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@@tuba-bo3151 I have a 1916 york 3v upright action that is easy to play and fairly light weight as tubas go. Its a 4/4 and I have used it in a number of jobs. It requires ultrapure light key oil to seal the valves and that works for a 3 hour job. The main slinger's horn is a 1925 king bell forward front action horn. Same thing with the valves but has more of a bark than the york. The york is good for small ensemble work or where space is really tight. Finally I decided to go back to my roots and bout a rebuilt conn 24j (I had 20j decades ago) and I am still getting used to it. I had the wessex grand for a while and I thought I could master it as it mostly played well. However, it just became a lot of work for me to keep from cracking notes and it just didn't fit me that well. For me the 24j is a better horn.. I like the short valve stroke and the valve buttons offset so that the finger spread and throw is more like a baritone or euphonium. I have gone back to the wind ensemble stuff to push my skills past most of polka and a significant amount of the fox trot music. In the fox trot music the tuba pushes the band along.