1966 Besson "NEW STANDARD" BBb Tuba | Instrument Reviews
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Over the past summer, when GU's tubas went to the shop for maintenance and I had no way of keeping my tuba chops up, I had to turn to other means to get my fix. One of these means was my friend and brass band colleague, Larry Hill, who granted me the use of this old beauty while he was away on a trip. This very tuba has served Larry for decades of military band, brass band, and symphony orchestra use. It is a wonderful vintage instrument, certainly not free of foibles or quirks, but great fun to play nonetheless. Enjoy!
~CHAPTERS~
0:00 Opening Remarks
1:04 Overview (Features, Ergonomics)
2:35 Compensating System Explanation
4:14 Low/4th Valve Register Demo
5:30 Mouthpiece Testing
6:45 Drawback: The "British Wrap"
9:49 Tone Quality
10:57 High Register & Flexibility
12:17 Verdict & Closing Remarks
~EQUIPMENT~
Besson New Standard BBb tuba “50 Medals of Honor” (traditional British brass band style wrap, made in England circa 1966-1967)
Vincent Bach Corp. 18 and 25 mouthpieces
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Another long-awaited tuba review today! Stay tuned-I’ve got several more like this on the way! Just gotta keep my tuba chops in shape…
Amazing review! My favorite part of the New Standards from the 60s & 70s is the flower pot valve caps- super unique!
Thanks Steven! Yes they're so adorable!
I actually played that exact model of tuba -- lacquered brass, not silver-plated -- in my high school symphonic band career, and it is a behemoth of an instrument. I'm only 5 feet 3.5 inches tall, so I ended up sitting on my textbooks in my chair, while balancing the tuba on the chair between my legs. It had better tone quality than the basic Yamaha 3-valve horns that we could have chosen, and I enjoyed the flexibility of that as being first chair throughout high school.
As someone of approximately your stature (and even then a rather short torso), I definitely feel the need for those textbooks! I could not get a handle on this instrument’s tone, unfortunately. In my hands it sounds barky and uncontrollable. It’s a common problem for me on any tuba that has upright-oriented valves.
Great video Samuel!😁
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely! I did!
Nice video
My Conn Trombone also has a weird Serial Number
The trombone is an 18H Director with the 8 inch Yellow Brass Bell and 0.500 Bore Slide. (The late 70's to early 90's 18H Director Trombones are like this)
And the serial number is from 1952 or 53 (from the early coprion era director trombones)
Yeah, that's really interesting... I thought Director tenors were .485" in the 1950s.
THOROUGHLY enjoyed this video all the way through. Thank you! Do you think you would feel much the same way regarding the most recent Besson 994 Bb tuba?
Thank you very much, Ivan! Glad to hear. I think I'd feel largely the same about more modern Bessons, assuming they are built in the brass band wrapping style. I mentioned in the video that any British tuba backs up on me like crazy and even the high-end ones are less fun for me to play than markedly worse quality front-action tubas.
Have you seen oil Parker’s trumpet and fugelhorn solos? They are amazing!
I think practically everybody in the brass community has by now, lol
I love your videos! I play trombone and am picking up trumpet do you have any tips for a brass player switching things up?
Thanks Ben! I really appreciate that after watching my TH-cam Shorts you've begun checking out my full-length videos. Not many people do! I'd be cautious picking up trumpet too early in your trombone playing career, or if you must, do it in the presence of an experienced professional and get some lessons. The trumpet is usually very hard for low brass players to sound good on. It is important that you use less air but make it travel faster by compressing the muscles in the diaphragm. Additionally, the trumpet requires much more rest than the trombone during practice. If you play for 15 seconds, rest for 15-30. Don't knacker your chops because then you could put your trombone playing at serious risk. And please, for the love of all things holy, don't just try to play as high as possible. That's a surefire way of ruining your chops on both.
Thanks for the tips!
Yeah thing is massive. Hasn’t really caught on in any ensemble besides bbb. Also the red shield is one of my favourite marches :)
No kidding. For good reason. So far this iteration of The Red Shield hasn't been copyright claimed... knock on wood.
If you're too small for the tuba, turn it sideways. Low notes aren't very directional so the bell direction doesn't matter much.
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That’s a good point actually. And that’s one cool 3v comp. beast you’re playing on!
They need to make a booster seat for those of us who are only 64 inches tall
They do at least make stands that bring the tuba down, if not us up.