I’m not sure if this is as much fun as @Mary Ann’s example, but it is one way to play two trombones…

The “U” is for ultra. I haven’t really followed these mouthpieces but maybe the AT#Y was an early model. That’s happened with other Wick mouthpieces where the ultra version came out after an original version.

Most people who went to AJ were advanced players either with problems or seeking "the next level". I'm convinced that his primary message was (as with the meme) to figure out what to do, master doing it, and then stop thinking about doing it and just concentrate on the sound and the phrasing ...

I do miss recordings like this. It has a stylish sparkle and is so French that listening to it makes me want to take up smoking and cede Alsace. If you want just a taste, go from 23:55 to the end. Like bloke was saying, Ansermet had a very clear vision of sound and style. He also had the personality ...

I talked to Tom this morning. Mack Brass is very much still in business. It looks like somebody has hijacked their web site and they are working to restore it.

Denton Big Brass wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:51 pm The ZO Raptor is pretty similar. https://mackbrass.com/4%2F4-raptor-cc-tuba

The Mack Brass web site seems to have been banished to the land of wind and ghosts. Does anybody know what’s up?

Thanks for posting the video, Wade. I have to confess it made me think of an old SCTV bit. They would run 3D movies featuring John Candy as Dr. Tongue. Perhaps you could incorporate the sound effects, and maybe the costume, into your next effort. I look forward to “Dr. Wade’s 3D House of Tuba Crooks. ...

You guys are being way too hard on poor Vasily. He had to engrave 10,000 of these things by hand with a broken nail file. The Soviets tended to be much more concerned with quantity (quotas) than quality or even utility. This is from a Newsweek article in 1957. A nail factory at Kubishev (on the ...

I have probably lived too long on this earth and I have seen two of these. One was a Reynolds model 72 (.564 bore, 9 1/2” bell), almost certainly a custom order, that was owned by my university. Everyone I talked to assumed that it had been ordered for the marching band sometime in the 1950’s, but no ...

All right, this has gone on long enough. I cannot stand the pressure any longer. It was *I* who made the Miraphone sousaphones, in the cupboard with the golf club. I admit to being surprised, but I guess it makes sense. I had always thought it was these guys, since Fudge Stripes Minis are perfect ...

My college trombone teacher gave us assigned listening every week of vocal recordings. It was not unusual to spend the greater part of a lesson, with the vocal music on the stand and trombones in hand, defending why you thought De Neri sang a particular Bellini passage better than Bjorling. I did ...

bloke wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:40 am Over the last century, we've tended to step away from finding ways to ornament our instruments, yes? ... but most of us actually love a bit of bling.

Next project for your Holton? You are a Renaissance man, no?

arpthark wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:25 am I think some companies (maybe Robert Tucci and Mercer & Barker) offer something that is like a Bach 24AW but with a less rounded/large rim. If it were me, I'd probably go that route.

The RT-40 is the closest thing I can think of to a 24AW with a useable rim.

I'm pretty sure that the main purpose of public education - whether it be K through 12 or 13 through 19 - is to train people to remember and follow instructions and do what they're told (and not only to do what they're told, but to believe what they're told) RATHER THAN to be able to problem solve ...

People are sick-and-tired (particularly those who make-and-market expensive *"valve oils") of me pointing this out, but (so-called) "ultrapure lamp oil" is only pennies per ounce (if bought in gallon jugs) and - in this price range, and when transferred to empty valve oil bottles - it can be ...

The link seems to be going sideways for me. Assuming there's a description to go with it that I'm not able to access from here, does the description claim anything about not coming apart when hot water is run through it? The blue color hints (okay, but not necessarily) at a non-rubber type of ...

For those who enjoy spending money more than bloke does, these work pretty well. Its one (possible) advantage is that you can send it further up different sections of tubing on the horn. https://www.dillonmusic.com/hydeo-jet.html?id=24784850 https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/612125/files/55505387 ...

Since we seem to be arguing about reverberation in big spaces rather than talking about 6/4 tubas, perhaps we can all listen to this together, calm down and smile. This is one guy with one trombone and a tape recorder back in 1976. Headphones are recommended. You are allowed to speculate on how much ...

If you are looking for a Wessex Eflat tuba that has a”classic F tuba sound,” you might want to check out the Bombino. The two I have played both had very accessible low ends and really sang up high. I do tend to be biased toward Eflats with 15” bells. +1, though I liken it to a "bass euphonium." I'm ...

If you are looking for a Wessex Eflat tuba that has a”classic F tuba sound,” you might want to check out the Bombino. The two I have played both had very accessible low ends and really sang up high. I do tend to be biased toward Eflats with 15” bells.