Subcontrabass tuba

Subcontrabass tuba
"Riesenbaß" tuba made by Bohland & Fuchs
Classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification423.232
(Valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration)
Related instruments
Tuba
Musicians
Gerard Hoffnung
Builders

The subcontrabass tuba is a rare instrument of the tuba family built an octave or more below the modern contrabass tuba. Only a very small number of these large novelty instruments have ever been built. Most are pitched in 36’ BBB♭ an octave lower than the BB♭ contrabass tuba, its fundamental B♭-1 corresponding to a practically inaudible 15 Hz.

The Harvard University Band's La Prodigieuse BBB♭ Besson Tuba

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