This may interest a very select few people, but Mike Johnson recently uploaded some pics of a completed Contrabass Cimbasso of his own design. Looks seriously cool and I would love to try this cannon out.

You can view the pics by interacting with his site.

http://m-j-c.co.uk/instruments/index.html

I love the really low Contrabass Trombone-like instruments; those in CC and BBb, and its always exciting to see new developments in this area. Lucky to be alive in a time when such improvements are still happening.

That is a badass looking horn!

Looks sweet. However, I'm most interested in the MJC compact cimbasso on the site...key options are Bb tenor, G, F, E, Eb, or D, with 4 compensating or 5 or 6 non-compensating rotors or pistons. Would love to hear what the G or D cimbassi sound like.