As any musician knows, it takes a lot of brass to be a tuba player. Generally, tubas range in size from the B-flat tenor (10 Ibs., 151 in. of tubing), which is hugged to the player's chest and ...

Stella Navarro, 7, of New Gloucester, tries blowing into a tuba Jan. 18 during a Meet the Instruments event with members of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra before an MSO performance at the Franco ...

And yes, MacPhail knows the low-toned tuba is the butt of many jokes. "If you are looking for someone to prove you wrong, come see one of my recitals, and I'll show you what the tuba is really all ...

TubaChristmas offers even obscure tuba family members to enjoy the spotlight for a change. "This year, we had a helicon, which is like a Civil War version of a tuba," Golemo says.