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The Wagner tuba is a narrow-bore tuba with a French-horn mouthpiece. Tubas appeared first in Berlin in the 1820s, soon after the invention of the valve. They were soon accepted into the band and orchestra, displacing the serpent, ophicleide, and other such instruments of poorer tone quality and intonation.
The band was founded in 1995 by tuba player Bennie, trombone player Jerome 'Bay Bay' Jones and Harry 'Swamp Thang' Cook on bass drum. Indeed, one media critic got so carried away recently after hearing a solo performance by a tuba that he declared, Anything a violin can do, a tuba can do too.