Blog Archives - Chris Olka https://chrisolka.com/category/blog/ Eastman Performing Artist/Laskey Performing Artist Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:58:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/chrisolka.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-64479054_padded_logo-e1620311255724.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Blog Archives - Chris Olka https://chrisolka.com/category/blog/ 32 32 184638786 Myths of the “Big Tuba” https://chrisolka.com/myths-of-the-big-tuba/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:56:34 +0000 https://chrisolka.com/?p=3694 I often receive questions or see online discussions about certain myths that have surrounded the “Big Tuba.” For the purposes of this post, the overwhelming majority of the time, people are specifically referring to a 6/4, piston-valve CC tuba, in the tradition of the York model made famous by Arnold Jacobs and later approximated by …

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