I think from what I gather here my best solution would be the Coolwind simulated chrome tuba with a plastic mouthpiece. I've always been wary that if I take a tuba into an airplane cabin, you never know what some people might do. Of course, I will pack light.

Best gig bag I ever had was one that was designed by my ex-mother-in-law in Central Java, Indonesia. (This was when I was teaching in West Java--1995-97). I have her a photograph of the bags Miraphone makes for their tubas. She measured my 1962 Mirafone (the spelling was different then) 186-5U CC ...

When I was in high school, I took a few lessons from Tommy Johnson. I was only 15 and couldn't drive so my parents took me the 100 miles from Colton to Chatsworth, about as far west you could go in the San Fernando Valley and still be within the Los Angeles city limits. He spent one whole lesson ...

One of my points of contact is a girls' orphanage in Lahore, Pakistan. Did you know that one of the main Besson tuba suppliers is less than an hour away from that city in the Pakistani province of Punjab?

Hi everyone, It's been awhile. I haven't posted anything up on the new Tuba Forum but I am finally moving back to L.A. (It says I'm in Arcadia but for a few weeks, I'm still in Needles.) I am planning a round-the-world trip with my wife in a few months and I need a recommendation on a small tuba ...

Before I left the states to move to Vietnam in 2006, I bought something like this, a 1923 Cerveny E-flat tuba (with a Carl Fischer overbrand) on eBay from a woman in Brooklyn, New York, for $275, including shipping. The airline didn't mind that I used the carton that was used to send the bass to me ...