I watched a few YouTube videos on how to play the tuba and was shocked that the "instructor" could barely play the tuba.

For those not old enough to know Dick Akright:

A little history: https://www.unionmusiccompany.com/chronicle.html

And one of his trumpets in the Smithsonian: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collecti ... ah_1006159

Bloke will like this:

Dick Akright used to have a branch store in my area. The store was never able to do enough business; so it closed after a few years. At their closing sale I was able to pick up five Manhasset Voyager stands for $80, that's $16 each. The person who sold me the stands threw in ...

A lot of high-end orchestras use RAT stands. And, RAT makes a portable stand: https://www.ratstands.com/product/jazz-stand-pro/.

Manhasset Voyager

One of the players in the local youth orchestra is going down to Seattle in a few weeks...


Coming down from where? When?

There really aren't any good places to try tubas in or near Seattle. As mentioned, try calling Quinn and Oberloh. In the past, Eastman has come through town with some tubas ...

Oh, and a Cybertruck to haul them to gigs. Otherwise, Junior will throw a hissy-fit about being laughed at by the other kids.


Get a CT and Junior probably will get laughed at by the other kids


There are several Cybertrucks in my neighborhood; including one that has a wood grain wrap. I'm ...

russiantuba wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 11:49 am Could have been a vote of the executive board.

No, there was a general membership vote.

Yes, coming up:

Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Lalo - Overture to Le roi d'Ys

The term, Gypsy, is considered poliically incorrect now. Use Roma instead.

MiBrassFS wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 11:42 am I didn’t realize you could haul things in a cybertruck. The place full of knowledge.

Yes, your can, Then you have to wait two hours for it to recharge before you can go home. If you can find a charging station that hasn't been vandalized.

tofu wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 9:58 pm I must of missed the notice of the vote. Was that a separate mailing or in one of the journals. My journals arrived so late it had probably already happened by the time I got it.

Too long ago for me to remember.

My son's getting ready to go off to college, and I'm hoping to buy something that will last him so I won't have to ever buy him another one...


Two YamaYorks. One for home and one for the campus. And two custom Gronitz F tubas (same locations). Two custom Lätzsch cimbassos (same locations). Oh ...

tofu wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 2:54 pmFor me after being a member for well over 25 years the break point was changing the name from TUBA.

There was a vote on the name change from TUBA to ITEA. The vote totals were never released (what does that suggest) and the name was changed. That is when I dropped my membership.

They sound pretty good here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ypspJTz7U.

I bind my music for outdoor concerts and use Manhasset Music Clips to hold the binder and a small weight to keep the pages open where I want.

arpthark wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 6:06 pm My freshman year of high school, I played the Bourgeois Serenade the first and only time, and the melody has been an earworm of mine ever since. That 11/8 has lasting power even 20 years later!

Don't forget the 13/8 and the 7/8 and the 12/8 and the 3/8. Still, it was fun.

"Explain" the piece in the program booklet (or on the back of the program, or via the QR code, or whatever).
When the MAESTRO "explains" a piece prior to its commencement, he's telegraphing to the patrons, "yeah...This is one of those suck pieces."


I recently played a serial work with an ...

Yesterday, I performed:

Itaru Sakai — Fanfare of Wakakusa Hill
Edward Gregson — Festivo
Nubia Jaime Donjuan — Sahuaro
Josef Rheinberger — Abendlied (Evening Song)
arranged by Shelley Hanson
John Philip Sousa — Sesquicentennial Exposition March
Derek Bourgeois — Serenade
H. Owen Reed — La Fiesta ...

I wonder if AI can write me some sort of intelligible excuse to not play harmonica. Religious aversion? Is there such a thing as a harmonica allergy?


Harmonicas play havoc with the tuba embouchure. I won't be able to play the tuba for several hours after playing the harmonica. (This will only ...