Talk:Tuba mirum

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Tuba mirum is a section of the Requiem Mass. That might be considered the primary usage, even for Wikipedia. ...or perhaps not... --Wetman 08:45, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I thought the same thing when I saw this article. Someone, I guess, was gung ho at getting this extremely obscure and somewhat ridiculous (if amusing) "instrument" up on Wikipedia, but you're absolutely right. I'm not good with disambig pages but if you want to go for this cleanup, please do! Badagnani 08:53, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I agree - I wish this (unamusing) crap would be removed entirely, or at most a footnote in a decent write-up of a section of Mozart's Requiem Mass that is important in its own right --BarryNorton 14:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Seems to have tuba mirum and pastaphone confused. The tuba mirum is a mere tube containing a measure of wine; the pitch varied when the column of air changes as the tube is moved up or down. One blows across one end of the tube as one would a soda bottle to make the pitch. The pastaphone is two pieces of manicotti played as one would use a mouthpiece of a brass instrument. Cornyrob 18:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

If you're absolutely sure of this, please make the change in the article. It's hard to find information online about this. Badagnani 21:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't the Professor prefer Ronzoni (no. X) for his pastaphone? Why is it two pieces? Are they duct taped together to make the instrument longer? Badagnani 21:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please move former content

Please move this former content elsewhere rather than deleting it entirely:

Tuba mirum is an instrument invented by the American composer and musical parodist Peter Schickele, who often writes under the pseudonym P. D. Q. Bach.

Although it might be assumed that it is a brass instrument (its name deriving from that of a movement of the Requiem Mass translating, from the Latin, as "wonderful trumpet"), it is actually made from an uncooked tube of manicotti pasta. Schickele facetiously states that "tuba mirum" translates as "a mere tube." He further specifies that the Ronzoni brand should be used.

{{Musical-instrument-stub}} Badagnani 05:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)