Lechgold FT-15/6S F Tuba Silver Plated

I bought the silver model and use a Denis Wick 3SL Heavy mouthpiece.
The tuba is used in smaller Egerländer lineups as well as an orchestra tuba (as 1st voice next to double bass tubas).

I am enthusiastic about the tuba. How much of the enthusiasm is due to the fact that the expectations at this price / model are rather low, I can not say exactly.

The tuba gets off to a good start. Especially in the difficult register between high F and high C, I find the response at least as good as a B&S 3100(!).
It pops too early in my opinion, but this can certainly be minimized with practice. Compared to tubas of the own brand of a music store in Upper Franconia, which cost almost 2,000 € more, the Lechgold is the clear winner in terms of response.

In the range between small C and large A, the tone is not properly centered and sounds somewhat dull. When playing with a mute (Yamaha SilentBrass), this is even more noticeable.
Nevertheless, I find the overall sound beautiful.

Intonation is not so easy with the tuba, it takes patience and a lot of trial and error.

The position of the valve pushers (right hand) is definitely for large hands or long fingers. I will change that by an instrument maker.
Also, for the left hand, the pushers are a bit far away compared to many common F tubas of the big brands.

Compared to the 3100, the left hand valves are in a different order, so some adjustment is required.

The case is okay, the lid basically goes on a bit sluggishly, so you have to help out when closing it. For the price, you can get over that - especially since I always use a gig bag.

Despite the small weaknesses, it is definitely a good instrument.

I bought this F tuba at the end of April to start playing the tuba. As an experienced woodwind player, I am teaching myself how to play. In my opinion, the instrument is very good. However, I wanted to find out more and had the instrument tested by a well-known professional musician (solo tuba player and member of several well-known orchestras).
The tuba is quite heavy for an F. It is somewhat unbalanced in terms of weight distribution. The thumb ring is soldered on very high up. Unfortunately, it is too far away for small hands. The stop rubbers are very soft, which means that the valves always bounce when playing. Stronger rubbers would be better here. The sound is very nice and the instrument also sounds very good in the low register. The instrument responds a little heavier, but the tuning is easy to intonate. My friend could not understand that the instrument quickly starts to "pop", as written in another review.
The instrument is really great!