The Nearness of You - Solo Cimbasso

As an example of how the cimbasso sounds, here I am playing the Haag cimbasso, a G & W custom mp using the M-Audio "sputnik" mic, clean, straight into my laptop, no messing about.

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• contra
• basstrombone
• trombone
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• cederberg
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• band

[ritup]

Which is harder to get? An awesome Cimbasso, or an awesome beard?

[cimbassonista]

@ritup Well, a beard just requires you to not shave, and it's for free...a cimbasso on the other hand...

[TheTromboneKing13]

What size mouth piece would this be played on? I'm playing on a Webster and Giddings TZ 103 for my Bach 42 BO and was just wondering how much of an adjustment that would be.

[cimbassonista]

@TheTromboneKing13 This G & W mouthpiece is based on their Churada MP, but it's been modified to work better for me...

[marochima2]

@cimbassonista where can i get a cimbasso, and how much can one cost?

[cimbassonista]

@marochima2 This one is a Haag (built by Franz Monschau) which you can buy directly from the company in Switzerland. There are a number of other places to get one too...try Hornguys for starters, they have a couple variants..some manufacturers are: Lätsch, Meinl, NIrschl, G & P and Amati...Sam Gnagey builds one that is about $6-7000 if I remember correctly. Search online, there's a lot of info out there! Good Luck!

[imnotmitchturino]

Epic playing.

Epic beard.

[davidsmmb]

It has such a layed back sound. I like it.

[gsmonks]

@normharris The ophicleide is keyed-brass instrument- no relation. Most ophicleides are in Bb. Cimbassi are in F.

[gsmonks]

@marochima2 They cost anywhere from $1200 to $10,000. The Cerveny CVT 576 4C is a pretty good entry-level Cimbasso, for 1598 Euros.

[CaitlinBrooksMusic]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have always wanted to see a cimbasso in action.

Cimbassos need to be put back in production.

[UnlimitedCoCo]

sounds beautiful