In the "Ring, " four Wagner tubas join an enlarged brass section that includes other orchestral rarities like the bass trumpet, contrabass trombone and contrabass tuba, creating "choirs" of gleaming brass.

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The size most commonly used in the orchestra is called the contrabass-tuba, or double-bass tuba.

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