Thanks for the suggestions. I'll keep my eye out for a beater but I've found nothing in my area so far (northern CA). There has to be one someplace. Otherwise I think I'll go with my idea to rent for bit. What are your thoughts on the CoolWind ABS tuba? From what I've seen on YouTube the sound would ...

I may be opening up a can or worms here but here goes. I have played trumpet off and on for several decades. In my prime I was pretty good at it. Since school, I've played with small community, church, temple groups off and on, mostly special occasions. I would like to take up the tuba and ideally ...