Bell-front sousaphoneMaybe made of metal or plastic (fiberglass white or in colors). White Fiberglass Sousaphone(some metal ones are at the bottom of the page) Mirafonead 20 years ago for a G tuba!) Valves may be pistons or rotaries. Pitched in the basicfour tuba keys: B flat, C, E flat, or F (I saw a Upright tuba Yourbasic tuba which sits in the player's lap with the bell pointing up (orto the side, if he or. Petersburg from Russia, Bessonfrom England). Only onetuba player is assigned to a symphony orchestra although there are a feworchestral works which use more than one tuba player. Generally, beinga tuba player is a very lonely, usually thankless, job. You might see some older materialsin which a tuba player is referred to as a tubaist, but now we allpretty much agree on being called tubists. EVEN IF THEY AREN'T PAID TO PLAY IT! By the way, a person who playsthe tuba is called a tubist. 
Most people who play the tuba are very serious abouttheir playing. I have links to companies whichmanufacture tubas.ģ. The price of a tubamay range from about $3,000 for a student model to almost $20,000 for aHirsbrunner. For that reason, very few music storesare able to keep tubas stocked in their store. The first composer to specifically write for the tuba(it wasn't an ophicleide part redesignated "Tuba") was Hector Berlioz ofFrance.Ģ. There were wind bassinstruments used prior to that time (the serpent and the ophicleide),but, except by the most capable players, these lacked something that wasbadly needed. The tuba was developed in the1830s by a couple of men in Berlin, Germany. Tubas are the latest addition to the modern symphonyorchestra. What the general public needs to know about TUBAS.
TUBA MANUFACTERS (& internet retailers).
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