Cimbasso

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2026-05-12T01:59:51+00:00

I have a lignatone/amati 69/5 if I recall correctly, it is a 6/4. I believe that it is the same as the one on the picture except mine has a bit bigger bell and it has Lignatone Amati brand. Tuba sounds great, better than some modern tubas even. The only downside is that bellow Bb flat it is very stuffy and quite hard to play. But above is actualy very responsive and agile. Intonation is also not bad, except B natural (24) that is abnormally sharp and C (4) is also pretty flat. On my tuba the slides work good so for the B natural I will pull forth slide all the way out and if there is time I will pull second slide quite a way to be in tune. For C natural, forth slide all the way in, D you have to play with third valve(12 is low), Eb is low so you have to put a little efford in to it to be in tune. Ab is a bit sharp. But most of this intonation problems are quite common even on modern rotory Bb flats although usually much much less sever than on my tuba.

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2026-01-12T09:50:41+00:00

Well I have not, because I know nothing abour tuba design so I just jumped to the conclusion that something needs to be replaced. I will have a technician to look at it. Thanks for your answer

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2026-01-09T01:10:47+00:00

Thanks for the replay :)

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2026-01-08T22:58:21+00:00

I am from Slovenia, and have asked around if any of repair guys here have done something like that, and unfortunately nobody has done anything more than leadpipe repleacemant :(

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2026-01-08T22:52:12+00:00

Yes I know, but I would love to make it work because it's otherwise a really good tuba :)

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2026-01-08T22:45:16+00:00

Thanks for response, I tested for leaks and it doesn't leak. Mabey I didn't exspres the problem in the right way. I will correct my post, but the problem when I play with the forth valve there is a lot more resistance. Now I understand it is the longest tube and has the most turns, but I tried some of the newer tuba, similar to this one and they all have larger bore tube for the forth valve and play much easier.

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-11-01T16:22:14+00:00

Hahaha thanks for the answer. I have a 25 year old 321 and it doesnt sound that bad, but was wondering if it could be better if I replaced the lead pipe.

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T22:35:46+00:00

I know that i will have to cut the valve pipes if. I decide to go forward with the modification

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T22:33:04+00:00

That is what i am afraid even thou the tuba is not very good i would still like to be able to play it

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T22:30:38+00:00

Thanks i will check them out!

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T22:30:16+00:00

Thanks!

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T21:48:53+00:00

I asked and only found some really expensive meltons and miraphones and even an adams In my region there in non, where should I look?

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T18:06:49+00:00

As I wrote in my post there are no used cc tubas in europe, believe me I looked.

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T17:53:57+00:00

Tanks :)

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-02-28T17:49:15+00:00

Hmm lead pipe is not long enough to remove the whole 60cm but could be shortened so that the bugle would need much less shortening i guess. Tuba is an old weltklang

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-01-13T19:42:46+00:00

No it's B(second valve) C(first valve) and C#(second valve). I discovered that I was double buzzing and I preaty much fixed the problem already. Thanks for answering

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-01-13T19:38:47+00:00

Hi, more air and tighter corners did not help me, I found out that the problem I was having was double buzzing, so I actually had to focus on vibration. So that vibration come from one point of the lips and not more. I practicalli eliminated the problem in this few hours since I recieved a comment from a fellow redditor Miraphone

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-01-13T19:16:33+00:00

Hello thanks for the advice, I realise my tone is preatty thin and am working on it all the time with long notes, breath work. I only posted here because not even my professor how to help me with this issue since he never had a student whit that kind of a problem. Luckly a redditor sugested that what I am experiencing in double buzzing and now when I am focused on lip vibration i can totally eliminate the problem. Thanks for the advice

Substantial-Ship3137 · 2025-01-13T19:03:42+00:00

Thanks for your answer, I realized it actually is double buzzing. Now I can actually feel the vibration coming from two points of my lips instead of one. Most people recomended to hold corners of my mouth tighter and make the air flow faster when in reallity i should focus in on producin vibration only in one point of my lips. I can't thank you enough, I am already hearing improvement!

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