Tubas

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Pete1950, Oct 19, 2013.

  1. This is a photo of the Emperor Hirohito in 1936 inspecting an array of Japanese war tubas, as made by Yamaha. Just thought I'd share.
    Japanese war tubas 1936.jpg

    Japanese war tubas 1936.jpg
     
    #1 Pete1950, Oct 19, 2013
  2. #2 deleteduser211220, Oct 19, 2013
  3. I guessed somebody would find a clip on YouTuba.

    PS The bit about Yamaha was a joke; the war tubas were real.
     
    #3 Pete1950, Oct 19, 2013
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  4. Mum could do with one of those.
     
    #4 deleteduser211220, Oct 19, 2013
  5. Im intrigued, what are they ?
     
    #5 749si, Oct 19, 2013
  6. ear trumpets
     
    #6 finm, Oct 19, 2013
  7. #7 El Toro, Oct 19, 2013
  8. Sort of the ultimate oom-pah band
     
    #8 gliddofglood, Oct 19, 2013
  9. jesus, they're scary - where's the rest room ?

    restrooms.jpg

    restrooms.jpg
     
    #9 wroughtironron, Oct 19, 2013
  10. #10 Ghost Rider, Oct 20, 2013
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  11. You'd need a good set of lungs to blow one of them.
    Steve
     
    #11 Birdie, Oct 20, 2013
  12. directional audio detection of aircraft
     
    #12 Android, Oct 20, 2013

  13. Pardon?
     
    #13 Ghost Rider, Oct 20, 2013
  14. So they are massive ear trumpets but for aircraft ? honest question, like I say I'm intrigued, find this kind of thing really interesting, and yes I need to get out more !!!!
     
    #14 749si, Oct 20, 2013
  15. The clue is in Post #3

    Acoustic direction finding of aircraft was a reality but it looked nothing like a war trumpet.
     
    #15 johnv, Oct 20, 2013
  16. thought they were urinals for giants

    tubas.png

    tubas.png
     
    #16 wroughtironron, Oct 20, 2013
  17. It looked more like this (thanks to Douglas Self's wonderful website):
    Acoustic Radar.
     
    #17 Pete1950, Oct 20, 2013
    Last edited: Oct 21, 2013
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