Very cool find.


Not a lot of info about Philip Reichel, but some…

From this website:
https://www.horn-u-copia.net/Reference/display.php?thisrec=670

August Reichel
Markneukirchen
Germany
1868 - 1930
1868-1930

ARJUMA is actualy the name of the factory that was started in 1868 by August Reichel ...

https://windsongpress.com/brass%20playe ... l%20Jr.pdf

A biography from Brian Fredericksen’s website.
It gives Herr Meinl’s birthday and some interesting facts about his life.
Despite saying “Jr.” at the top, it’s a typo: the biography is indeed about the elder Meinl.

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Another thread on here listed all his horns and some history. :

https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=1309

@bort2.0

https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=13567

I once got to play, on an Alexander F tuba, the bassoon soli part in March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique.

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hi
https://tonyclem.blogspot.com/2026/05/instrument-musings.html

Feel free to comment after!


“…I played one (and only one) gig with Floyd Cooley in the SF, after which he informed me that I couldn’t work with him because I sounded ‘too much like Roger Bobo.’”

😳 I thought that would be a plus ...

Fun fact, the 2155 (not the 2145) was marketed as being designed for Warren Deck to use as a quintet horn.


They were marketed that way, is what you said, but I’m curious: did he actually use a 2155 for quintet, or even at all, or was it just marketed that way?
The only horn I’ve seen besides ...

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Played on a Masterclass with Michael Sanders at The US Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Conference…


I remember that conference.

Mike had asked me if I was willing to be the victim trainee for that master class, but there’s no way in the world my delicate ego could have withstood the pressure of ...

Just wondering what the pedagogy lineage is on this site. Can be band director, tuba professor, whoever you want to mention.

I studied with Skip Gray.


Euphonium:
Kent Fyock Winchester, TN, beginning band director,
junior high- Started me on euphonium

Tuba:
Tom Isbell, Winchester ...

https://share.google/GawrUd0MqiuGMIOda

Interesting. I wonder if the same thing could be done,
(?or is already being done?) with instruments in the tuba family.

Another thread mentioned Roger Bobo’s “Mastering the Tuba.”

https://youtu.be/oG6tqerQfwo?si=arIiGpLLbFdzaQZ8

https://youtu.be/O-2AYPRHzDI?si=NeaMv3bBOrEGRuvG

https://youtu.be/rgF6A0qyYlI?si=IVzuEzDOMWNvsLfY

https://youtu.be/6TIiDHG-I4Q?si=ITZhJSPp5oQRW03K

https://youtu.be/O5zKMERoNP8?si=S2ENbDfrdf4dl-Zz


Some different band pieces (and a couple of ...

bloke wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:19 pm "entry level professional horn"

I misunderstood. I thought you had seen that in a job posting. Like for an adjunct professor or something. It’s not out of the realm of possibility.

I think this is an aspect of this that hasn’t really been addressed:
You said you were combining music and business. Depending on what you want to do, it might not be a bad idea to seek out David Fedderly and Patrick Sheridan. Pat Sheridan has a masters degree in business from the University of ...