Does it still have a knob on the bottom? Recording or upright bell? I think my favorite recording bell feature are the ones that block your line of sight to the conductor. If you ever get the picture figured out, that'll answer all the various questions. My solution to the ergonomics, as well as ...

I’m on a tour to Scotland with a local (Mpls) group and asked to rent a horn instead of bringing my own. I get to the venue, and there’s the most unwieldy, largest horn I’ve ever seen! I have it sitting on a chair in front of me because I can’t reach the lead pipe otherwise, and I’m sitting on two st ...

Re-reading your original post, are you going to Scotland with a US-based group and playing your normal US-based music while there? i.e., not playing treble clef British style brass band music or anything? If yes, and if I have never played an Eb tuba and have no Eb reading chops and was expected to ...

As noted above, I’m traveling to Scotland in about a month with a local community band, and they are unable to find a Bb horn for me, but have offered to locate an Eb. Can anyone provide me with some tips on making the temporary change; a fingering chart, or anything to help me through this? ...

As noted above, I’m traveling to Scotland in about a month with a local community band, and they are unable to find a Bb horn for me, but have offered to locate an Eb. Can anyone provide me with some tips on making the temporary change; a fingering chart, or anything to help me through this? ...

I finished up the most wonderful playing opportunity that I’ve experienced, well, since I did this last year. The University of Minnesota bands put on a workshop where they bring in conductors at all levels, and a couple of clinicians (Robert Ambrose from Georgia and Emily Threinen from MN). One of t ...

I saw it on FB so it must be true.

Is that Harry Potter’s room in the background?

Buy a K&M stand

This is likely to be an unpopular opinion, but if you like the horn, and like the way it sounds, and the way you sound playing it, get it! 2k really isn’t much to pay for a working tuba.

I'm selling my Packer 179Bb. I purchased this horn directly from Bloke in Spring of 2023. It's a 3/4 size tuba, with 4-front action valves, a 14.5 yellow brass finish, and a .689-.728 bore. I'm selling it because I want a horn with a little bigger bore. The horn is in new condition with very few ...

I have the same problem on one of my horns. I coated the inside with clear fingernail polish. Many layers. It’s not perfect but it’s a cheap and easy fix.

Wow, full size? Guess I’ll have to sell the rav4. Has the site changed? I find it hard to believe a rav4 goes for $60, or it is preferable to have a string bass rather than a car. (likewise i assume a string bass would fit in in a rav4 being larger than a prius, so it is not like you are going to n ...

Wow, full size? Guess I’ll have to sell the rav4. Has the site changed? I find it hard to believe a rav4 goes for $60, or it is preferable to have a string bass rather than a car. (likewise i assume a string bass would fit in in a rav4 being larger than a prius, so it is not like you are going to n ...

Wow, full size? Guess I’ll have to sell the rav4.

I still have the other Winter case (bought from a German eBay seller) that's also really nice and that fits like a glove other than the bell, but only accommodates a 15-in bell. I've got a Bohemian 15-in bell F tuba in the attic that plays sharp, but has room to add two left hand rotors which will ...

Yeah an hour and a half. We’re in Minnetonka. My wife and daughter enjoyed shopping at the mall during rehearsal so we may be back there next year. I may bring my tuba next year. The sousaphone is fun but nice to play a modern instrument sometimes too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That’s a gor ...

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:40 pm @ronr Are you playing the little Packer today?
Tim

I am. It performed marvelously!

Played the Northfield event last Saturday. Have a concert in St. Paul tonight and the call time for that is too early to play Rochester today. Have fun there! Let me know how crowded it is. It was a tight fit on the Northfield stage this year. Frank Looks like about 60 of us. We actually have space!

Just asking