[Dixielandjazz] Miking the Tuba

[Dick Sleeman]

> One of the guys just spent $5000 on a tuba and he isn't about to clip or tape
> anything to it.  Any other suggestions?  My regular guy's tuba looks like a
> car ran over the bell and he used the tire iron to straighten it out.
> Larry

I use a Beyerdynamic Opus 62

(http://northern-america.beyerdynamic.com/cms/Wind_instruments.78.0.html?&L=1)

The frequency response is 40 - 12,000 Hz and is sufficient because the lowest 
note on a tuba (E1) is 41 Hz (leaving pedal tones aside) and nobody plays that 
high (leaving

It IS a clip and although my tuba looks for some reason like it has been used a
lot :-)) I don't want to scratch it. So I found a solution that works fine for
me and my tuba.
I took two of those sucking gadgets one uses to hang a towel in the bathroom,
and put them together with a crossbar. I then place this structure somewhere
halfway down the bell, and attach the clip to the crossbar so the mike hangs
exactly in the middle of the bell.