I think I drove through that town taking my son to school in Oxford.

I found 2 more of these things at another high school. One has already had the dreaded mouthpipe twist and brace failure. Repairable, but this is not a good beginning of life for the instrument I’m curious where these things are coming from. It would not surprise me, at this rate, that I see 2 or m ...

The house frau cubicle pilot district employee will find procuring parts from another country daunting to say the least.

“We are a school district. We are tax-exempt”

Yep, I’ll never get those parts.

I already have an old style lower pipe on my list. I still have questions about this horn. How does a big European made instrument win a competitive bid at an American school district. Especially when it is definitely well made by humans who are not child slaves living in a sketchy country? The pics ...

I'm ignorant, so this comment is based on my ignorance: Based on the picture and some of the small details, I'm going to guess that this is an in-house product based on the Conn design. I believe you are correct. All parts of this instrument seem well made and not the least chi-comm. I’m just s ...

This is a very new instrument, is not fiberglass, and is on their website.

I will try to post pics when I get to work.

Does Adams make these things? Are they Chinese parts assembled by Adams? Could Conn/Selmer be involved? Lots of Conn-looking parts on this thing. My first reaction was to think the ferrules and some braces are Chinese copies, but maybe not? Any info would be appreciated. Any idea about a parts ...

I do realize that this is a discussion about the playing characteristics of both horns. I can offer no opinion on that. However, I would like to vent on the horrible way the King holds up to school use. From the imbalance of the horn sitting on its bell, to the small brace flanges that get sunk into ...

The best valve oil is free and comes in the cases of rental returns. These cases are also a solid source for free rolled up beginning band methods as well as random brushes, snakes, and unused slide grease.

OT: This reminds me of seeing the tuba god Tom Lyckberg come in to the USMB band hall after a 3-week vacation, reach into his locker and beat the paddles of his Rudi to free up the glazed rotors, grab the horn, sit down right as the oboe was giving the tuning note for a rehearsal, play his Bb, then ...

I would have loved to have one of those MW travel tubas back when they came out. When I was on a tour bus for 7 straight weeks I would have to carry a SLP or later a Firebird in a bag on a bus. It sat in the seat with bungee cords securing it, leaving me very little space. I had to do this if I was ...

Affirmative.

I used a C4 on F tuba since I got my first F in 1991. It seemed to me that the C4 was a F tuba mouthpiece, so I went with it. Then in 1993 while in grad school I lost it. Worst feeling ever. Found your C4 at the lost and found at the Frontier Restaurant. They might still have it. That’s great Rob. ...

I used a C4 on F tuba since I got my first F in 1991. It seemed to me that the C4 was a F tuba mouthpiece, so I went with it. Then in 1993 while in grad school I lost it. Worst feeling ever. When I called WWBW or Tuba Exchange (don't remember which) to order a new C4 they sent me a TU23. I never ...

This is a new term to me. Is there a definition or do I have to be from Texas to understand?

To me a Texas flush happens around 24 hours after eating brisket off an offset smoker.

Yes I work for a school district, so there is no chance of a private shop picking up stuff. It is free for the programs. Having a garage-like storage thing seems nice for sure, and to be able to stockpile stuff would be a very nice luxury. If I had a large storage area like that it would be put to ...

I am curious about how much storage space techs have at their disposal for summer repairs. Also, how many schools are you housing at one time? Due to a lack of storage space, I have a “stay in Mexico” policy. I will not pick up at a school until I can actually do the work. Usually, during the summer ...

If they are the paper thin ones that they have been making for a good while, that really shouldn't be too bad of a job. Yeah, not too bad but time consuming. I already have 150 instruments in the repair queue and we have not hit May yet. Sousa bow jobs clog up the works worse (at least for me) than ...

I got the request of death in my in box today: 3 Conn (20K) sousaphones - “body dents” I know these instruments. Massive bow jobs. I did one a month back, now they want all its 3 sisters the same way. This is going to suck. And the summer crap is starting. I really wish they would have put these in t ...

...had to work on another ol' beater ybb-321 today... :smilie4: Nothing more depressing. My least favorite sight is an old, fine thread, long 3rd slide tubing, broken brace flange, frozen up, lime coated 321 POS. My gem today was a new-ish little Jupiter tuba with the removable mouthpipe/valve set ...