2 unusual instruments - a Tubax and Subcontrabassflute

Richland123 · #1 06-25-2010, 08:41 AM

2 unusual musical instruments - a Tubax and a Subcontrabassflute

Tubax video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwTor...eature=related

Subcontrabassflute video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Nz0UGuQyc

Execut1ve · #2 06-25-2010, 08:46 AM

I played the baritone sax through high school and in college... I wanted to try out one of these really badly (contrabass sax) but never got the chance

pklima · #3 06-25-2010, 11:18 AM

Oversized wind instruments look awesome! I'm sending these links to a flute player from one of my old bands who wants to play tuba... that subcontrabass flute is a good compromise of the two, right? Right?

Fassa Albrecht · #4 06-25-2010, 07:48 PM

I wanna tubax...!

Tropic · #5 06-25-2010, 08:01 PM

I play sax, and I've been wanting a tubax for years. If I had around $30,000 to spare I would have one right now.

BTW the first video is of a Benedikt Eppelsheim Contrabass Saxophone, not a Tubax (which Eppelsheim also makes)

jp58 · #6 06-26-2010, 04:54 AM

So which is better for metal?

Tropic · #7 06-26-2010, 09:38 AM

I think the Tubax is around 18 feel uncoiled so I would say it probably has more metal for you