Are Wessex Tubas any good?

Again, I have found it to be a very good instrument for the price. I am primarily a bass trombone player but teach some tuba/euphomium students as well as sponsor the largest TUBACHRISTMAS program in Louisiana. I have found it to be a much better instrument than I thought it would be, especially at its price point.

Where are Wessex tubas made?

China
Here, Wessex Tubas founder – Jonathan Hodgetts – documents his most recent visit… “Every three months I go to our factory in China to oversee the development of new products, quality assure the most recent production batch, and work with factory production to deliver ongoing quality improvements.

What are 3 facts about the tuba?

The word tuba means trumpet or horn in Latin. But tubas are a LOT bigger than trumpets. A trumpet weighs about 1.3 kilograms, but a tuba weighs a whopping 13.6 kilograms! It’s so heavy that tubists hold them across their laps while playing them (instead of lifting them up to their mouths, like a trumpet or a trombone).

What are the variations of the tuba?

12 Different Types of Tubas Explained

• Baritone Horn.
• Bass Tuba.
• Contrabass Bugle/Tuba.
• Euphonium.
• Helicon Tuba.
• Saxhorn.
• Sousaphone.
• Subcontrabass Tuba.

What are five facts about the tuba?

10 Tuba Facts

• The Tuba was invented by Willhelm Friedrich Wieprecht and Johann Gottfried Moritz in September 12, 1835.
• Tuba is a Latin word meaning trumpet or horn.
• Tubas were introduced into the orchestra to replace the ophicleide, a keyed bugle of the Renaissance age.

What are tubas made of?

brass
The primary raw material used for making standard tubas is brass. Brass is an alloy composed of copper and zinc. Other metals that may also be added to modify the characteristics include tin and nickel.

What is a small version of a tuba called?

The euphonium is in the family of brass instruments, more particularly low-brass instruments with many relatives. It is extremely similar to a baritone horn.

What is the marching version of tuba?

sousaphone
A sousaphone. The sousaphone (US: /ˈsuːzəfoʊn/) is a brass instrument in the same family as the more widely known tuba.

What country is the tuba originally from?

Germany
Despite being a relatively new instrument since its invention about 175 years ago in Germany, the tuba has become one of the most common brass instruments in both orchestras and marching bands.

Who made the tuba?

Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht
Tuba/Inventors

The basstuba, historical precursor to the modern tuba, made its appearance on September 12, 1835. The German military bandmaster Wilhelm Wieprecht and the musical instrument inventor Johann Moritz were the basstuba’s creators.

What type of instrument is a tuba?

brass instrument
This is the grandfather of the brass family. The tuba is the largest and lowest brass instrument and anchors the harmony not only of the brass family but the whole orchestra with its deep rich sound. Like the other brasses, the tuba is a long metal tube, curved into an oblong shape, with a huge bell at the end.

What is another name for tuba?

The tuba largely replaced the ophicleide. Tuba is Latin for “trumpet”. A person who plays the tuba is called a tubaist or tubist, or simply a tuba player….Tuba.