Originally Posted by
davewerden
Depends on what you are doing. To sit in a concert band, I might find the Conn a pretty good choice, depending on what the other folks were using. If they all have left-pointing horns, the Conn would fit in better. But if they all had right-pointing horns, I'd find something like the Schiller more comfortable.
On the other hand, there are some situations which have no comfortable solution. Currently in our band, the tubas sit to the left of the the euphoniums/baritones. I have the only right-facing tuba. So I sit on the far right (of the other two or three, depending on who shows up). Great.
There are four euphoniums and one baritone (a Conn). So of course the left-facing baritone sits on the far left of their section -- right beside me.
Changing this would involve moving the tubas to the interior part of the row the tubas and euphs are in, or otherwise separating the two sections.
It's not really too bad because the baritone player is cognizant of bell clanging dangers and we are both quite careful. But it is a little uncomfortable and both of us have to keep the risks in mind . At times when we're crowded at concerts, and since we're in the rearmost row, I will just "back up" out of line a bit and reduce the danger.
Gary Merrill
Wessex EEb Bass tuba (DW 3XL or 2XL)
Mack Brass Compensating Euph (DE N106, Euph J, J9 euph)
Amati Oval Euph (DE 104, Euph J, J6 euph)
1924 Buescher 3-valve Eb tuba (with std US receiver), Kelly 25
Schiller American Heritage 7B clone bass trombone (DE LB K/K10/112/14 Lexan, Brass Ark MV50R)
1947 Olds "Standard" trombone (Olds #3)