Melton/Meinl-Weston unveils compact BBb-Tuba 2011 RA "Howard Johnson Heritage" with rotary valves
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Having been announced already in 2007, the
new Meinl-Weston BBb-Tuba 2011RA will now finally complete the
"Heritage Howard Johnson Gravity"
BBb-Tuba line. Like the model 2011TA (Top Action) and 2011 FA (Front Action), the 2011RA (Rotary Action) was developed with Howard Johnson and is based on his Belgian Mahillon Tuba of the 1960's.
As all the tubas in this line, the 2011RA is a small instrument with a big sound, not too heavy and easy to handle. It has a 0.669" bore, a 17.3" bell diameter and a 35.8" height. The relatively small bore of 0.669" compared to the big body gives a true turbo effect to its sound and improves the response.
Meinl-Weston will release this new "Heritage Howard Johnson Gravity" rotary BBb-Tuba 2011 RA at this year's at Frankfurter Musikmesse (exhibition hall 1.1 D26).
Melton/Meinl-Weston model "Heritage Howard Johnson Gravity" BBb 2011RA
bore: .728"; 4th valve 0.768"
bell diameter: Ø17.323"
height: 35.630"
gold brass lead pipe
lacqueredoptions:
silver plated
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