The Meinl Weston 195 “Fafner” is a 5/4 BBb with an immense sound and carrying power. Available as a rotary or piston horn, it deserves a special place in the Meinl catalog and has turned many a tubist into a believer in rethinking the “big BBb tuba sound”.
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195/2 Fafner
Technical specifications
- Key : Bb
- Model : Fafner
- Bore : .846" / 21,5mm
- Bell : 18.9" / 48 cm
- Height : 41.7" / 106cm
- Size : 5/4
- Valves : 4 rotary valves
- Features : 4th valve slide tubing handbent in soft curves, vertical pull tuning slide, yellow brass, special engraving, incl. gig bag and accessories
- Finish : Clear lacquered finish handcrafted from sheet metal or silver plated finish handcrafted from sheet metal
- Options :
- MW1952-1-0GB : Clear lacquered handcrafted from sheet metal
- MW1952-2-0GB : Silver plated handcrafted from sheet metal
Artists
Roman Kochergin
Solo-Tubist Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Paul Luxenberg
Principal Tuba player of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Hartmut Müller
Principal Tuba of the Wuppertaler Sinfonieorchester
Tomoki Natsume
Principal Tuba of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Heiko Triebener
Principal Tuba of the Bamberger Symphoniker
Melton Tuba Quartett
founded in 1987
Accessories
Gigbags
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