Chris, thanks for all you do for the tuba community. It’s remarkable. Very few people are so generous with their time and knowledge.

Hey Chris! Wow, this horn sounds great. Thank you for spending so much time sharing this kind of information with us. Keep up the great work! -Dylan

Thanks for another excellent video! We appreciate your fantastic playing, as well as the candid assessments. Looking forward to the next one!

Thanks for posting these. Much appreciated. Great sound. Great horn.

Chris, you really should purchase that Miraphone Hagen. Nothing before or since on this channel has sounded as good.

Really enjoying your videos. I sent a PM over on Tubenet don’t know if you are in there much. But keep up the great work.

14:34 a light bulb goes out behind him...randomly noticed

Very Good

I am a Japanese tuba player. I was moved by your sound. I've only been playing tuba for a year, but I'll ask you a question. How can I make a warm sound of tuba? I'm sorry I'm not good at English.

You should try and do a review of the Adams 6/4 CC tuba, I had the chance to play one last week, blew my mind. So did the price though...

Thanks for doing this video, Chris! I’m intrigued by the black material on the side of the horn. Looks like it’s going a good job holding the horn up on your lap. What is it and where do you get it? Thanks again

Dang it... and I had just talked myself out of switching back to BBb... back to indecision...

I guess I'm a "youngster". I won't go into too much depth, but I had a dream where I met Mr. Olka in a park and I couldn't stop myself from crying. I didn't know what to do. I didn't feel worthy. After a while, I tried to engage in conversation but I was beyond nervous.

So this is kind of an odd request because you had said you weren't going to do Wessex for a little, but they had released a big 6/4 BBb (the Wessex Prokofiev) and I know it's an odd request but the reason why I'm asking is because I'm trying to look into the horn and all, but the thing that is pushing me to ask is that a player who had played CC since 1971 (only adding an F later) and owns the MW Baer had gotten the Prokofiev and just swapped to BBb (only bringing out the Baer for "notey" stuff). (If anyone knows anything about the horn I would love to find out more! (Cause I've just been digging around the internet for now))

I'm an adult beginning tuba player originally from Virginia, but presently living in the UK. I'm also of a smaller stature, so the 4/4 and 5/4 tubas are a bit too large for me. It would be very helpful if Chris could make some recommendations for student-level, 3/4 tubas and "move up" instruments for students who are ready to move up to a more advanced instrument. Thanks

Chris, just out of curiosity, what mouthpiece do you happen to be using on this tuba? What have you found to work well? Is it mouthpiece sensitive?

12:30 for the playing

what were you playing at 17:03 ?

Don Sawday is the man.

Wow! Glad to see the BB tuba making progress! Is there anything you can tell us regarding the development of their F tuba?

CCB? 👏

How tall are you?

Tell me, is this tuba analogous to the German one? B&S gr51?

What’s the excerpt at 13:18 ?

Do the 632 Eastman C ! Please

Did you ever end up getting the miraphone Haugen? I guess being that you’re an Eastman artist means that you abandoned that idea and now are playing something like this instead. You sounded really special on Haugen!

Hey, I’m a tuba player working to join the military band. I was wondering, what helps to pull off the higher register without it seeming like a challenge?

6:16 *lights*

How am I able to contact you?