I used it with the Vine City Six in Hammondsport, NY when I was subbing for my professor, circa 2000. It was plenty big for these types of gigs, even an outdoor gazebo.
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Thanks for the headsup.
I modified the default "restricted" to "anyone", but don't know if that's sufficient or if I'll have to update the links in the post.
Please let me know if you still can't see ...

In 2014 I loaned my Cleveland H.N. White for a gig, and he bought it from me immediately thereafter and that was that, until he emailed me a couple weeks ago asking if I wanted to buy it back.
I've spent the intervening time hoping he wouldn't change his mind and sell it to someone else until my ...

I just ordered two of these. I'll give a full report

https://www.amazon.com/Vekkia-Music-Stand-Lightweight-Installation-dp-B0DKFCX4WF/dp/B0DKFCX4WF/ref=dp_ob_title_ce


Interesting. I prefer the narrower bag of the fold-in-half Vekkia deck, but I'm intrigued by the extensions. . . might try to ...

Generally meh participating in parades except Christmas when the weather's cool and comfy in California, and we only stroll and occasionally play instead of marching; very pleasant and cheerful.

Always meh watching parades even with our kids participating. Hassle finding a spot and hoping the bands ...

Decades ago, Dick Akright installed a trigger on my Besson 967.
He groused about how much more difficult it was - and time that it took - than he'd anticipated.
Cut me a more-than-fair deal.

Stands:
At home we have 7 Manhassets spread around the house, combo of retail purchase & super cheap from a ...

. . . Euphonium Stand. I’d like my newly acquired Double Bell to have somewhere to live too!


Quick plug for Bloke’s waste-not-want-not practicality and willingness to share his knowledge:
I wasn’t doubling enough to justify the expense or clutter of a euph stand, but several years back, Bloke ...

I crop (Irfanview) the scans as tightly as I can to eliminate "double" margins prior to printing.
Un-helpful to your situation, I acknowledge, but I have a duplexing 11x17 laser printer. Prior to cataract surgery, I printed to 11x17 (scaled back a bit to fit the stand & folder) at max contrast. At ...

bloke wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:24 am (and - by the way - not a John Williams march).

Whether I'm in the audience or on a stage, when I see it on the program, I suppress a groan. Not a fan.

Funny, I guess I don't pay much attention, but my impression is that things commonly start off with a triumphant, celebratory or energetic kicker to launch the program, vis. paso doble, Festive Overture-type, Copland Fanfare-type, and my preference would be for a burst of concert-ending energy or ...

How do you fit ~anything~ in a Miata trunk, much less a tuba. Did you remove the spare?
I removed the passenger seat for a month to re-upholster it (low-priority project on infrequently-driven car), and I enjoyed having the extra space. Sousaphone, tuba, hard-case euphonium (none fit in the trunk ...

bloke wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:10 am Maybe even some sort of epoxy, if there's a way to combine a fastener with some sort of industrial glue...??

I've used liquid nails. Works great.

Schlitzz wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 10:21 am And as a reminder, here's the viola section. Just floating along, like rice puff cereals....

HAHA thanks! Posted that to our family chat :-D
(wife's a viola player)

Luckily, I'm seldom placed adjacent to the timpanist, and I've learned to not set my chair in line with the trombones, but to back up a bit so the bass trombone bell is not in my ear...


I was placed (squeezed) directly in front of an upright piano for a Christmas pit. I wonder how many years ...

. . . Unlike what we were able to do, they've told all of their children that they won't be able to pay any percentage of any of their college tuition, if any/all of them decide to go to college. . .

. . . She's over-the-top smart (excels and is a year-or-two ahead in all subjects).
She doesn't ...

gocsick wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:00 am

Love this picture of those two guys in the foreground channeling their inner 8-year old.
Evokes fond memories of all manner of gleeful boyhood hijinks and pastimes.

I recommend all of the Travelin' Light albums (CDs in my case), and I like Brassy Night At The Opera, too.
At my wife's behest, I ran the SF marathon (one-and-done forever. Ugh, Zero joy - I hate running), and lots of Travelin' Light and a bunch of British brass band tracks helped distract me from ...

blokonservatory's school colors are gold and white.


Ah, yes, the Blokonservatory Soaring Stallions, "Nulla Doctrina", "We knock the dents out of your children's ideology"

If I could afford your network streaming fees, I'd enjoy watching one of those 15 minute football games your team plays ...

off topic update:
They scream with joy at the beginning of each chart, and all during each one. .


I enjoy and generally prefer the familiar and relatable, but especially in uncomfortable environments, and perhaps that’s the appeal for some of the audience in the concert hall. Maybe it’s also ...

... I'll share my experience and my, admittedly, biased opinions. ANYTHING!


. . . This far in and not a single question about the Yankees or the designated hitter . . . :smilie8:
You ever attended a Yankees World Series game?
Where do you like to bat in the lineup?
Your preferred fielding ...