Total tubing length (uncoiled)5.5 m
11.1 millionthsLake Michigan lengths
1.4 thousandthsCentral Park lengths
7,857Pencil lead widths
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Concert Tuba (CC)
The largest brass instrument in the orchestra/Musical Instruments
A CC concert tuba has about 5.5 meters of coiled brass tubing and a bell that can be over 45 cm in diameter. It is the lowest-pitched standard orchestral brass instrument, able to produce notes below the range of human speech. Despite weighing up to 14 kg, tuba players in marching bands carry them while walking for hours.
Measurements
Bell diameter4.5 tenths m
2.3 tenthsDwayne The Rock Johnsons
5.9 tenthsCello lengths
Overall height1.05 m
9.8 hundredthsGarbage truck lengths
27.6Silver dollar diameters
2.3 thousandthsVatican City widths
Weight12 kg
1.8 billionthsHoover Dam masses
120 millionthsLoaded freight cars
Varies 9-14 kg
Lowest note (pedal CC)32.7 Hz
131Wind turbine rotations
327Toddler questions
3.27Strobe lights
Comfortable low range (C2)65.4 Hz
119Record players
6.54Strobe lights