https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=11682

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I see a whole bunch of NOLA players (by no means "to a person", but a large percentage) using old King instruments - whether brass or fiberglass. It just seems to me that the smaller King body and the smaller King bore size offers the most punch. Jupiter is similar, but just doesn't quite seem ...

Got to play a street festival for the Children's Hospital Neighborhood Outreach program. They have bounce houses and a petting zoo , free ice cream, and music. We do a couple of these a year in different inner City neighborhoods.

My 17 year old son was able to play with me... as I would have been ...

I am on the exact opposite end of the political spectrum as Joe... I think we are so different that we've actually looped back around and we actually seem agree on 95% of the issues... we just seem to disagree on how to fix the problems...

Personally I think history has shown us that tariffs are ...

You can heat lanolin to drive of the water. Kind of like making Ghee. I read that years ago on don't soapmaking forum.

I bought a pack from Houghton Horns a while ago. They had it in the wider 9/32" (7ish mm)... but they don't seem to carry it now
https://houghtonhorns.com/products/rotor-bumpers?srsltid=AfmBOoo9UKOYOGJ1AIUN5PInraW1JVlM8bTtr2lxKqBI7yA7fb_uPN6u&variant=42606438220022

It was expensive but I didn't ...

Lamp oil really only needs to burn when used in a lamp, and I've read enough stories about strong smells etc. here to make me suspect that some "lamp oil" is kerosene.


Kerosene is basically just impure paraffin lamp oil. "Ultra Pure" type lamp oils should be all alkanes (Cn H2n+2)) which is ...

I was killing time during a very boring University Admin meeting and I had a goofy idea.

bloke should take his lamp oil put in in bottles with a 100% markup and sell it as premium valve oil. I came up with his label... well I came up with what I wanted then told AI to generate the label because I ...

Is this in addition to a second run of the one piece OG ultimate or will this replace that run?

The 3400 FA 5 is my against absolute dream tuba. There is no way I could ever justify the price for my needs though.

DISCLAIMER: I wasn't there. I don't know the exact circumstances. Could be more complex than what was stated. But wow.

Let me get this straight.

* Parents bought their child, what is regarded by many as a GREAT horn with a long history through a respected dealer.
* The teacher gave some ...

Wait - was this recent history? I ask because I play a 185 & they haven’t been in regular production at least 20 years. It’s my understanding it’s a special order item these days from Miraphone who then makes & ships it. That’s just a nuts story to begin with of buying a horn with no teacher/kid ...

Honestly - the best thing ITEA can do on an education front would be aimed at the amateur and high school tuba player.. Articles and videos like

1) How to choose a mouthpiece and no you don't need to spend $250 on one...

2) Basics of tuba care - The Jeff Funderburk VHS videos have been posted to ...

At the risk of giving bloke a bigger head.... I have to admit he seems to be right yet again...

Last night I noticed the rotors were getting sluggish. Popped out the first one cleaned, reassembled, oiled etc. Was going to do the second but tried a generous amount of lamp oil down the leadpipe ...

A friend of my son was given a brand new CC Miraphone 185 by her parents... It was a complete and total surprise to the young lady .. they ordered it based on the recommendation of the Music and Arts sales guy, without discussing it with her or her teacher... on the basis that it would be a good ...

Well a Bach medium bore trumpet is 0,453", ML 0.459" and a Bach large bore trumpet is only 0.462"

So that makes the ML trumpet a 1.013 trumpet and the L a 1.020 trumpet.

I am very active in a couple professional societies in science and engineering. The best ones in my mind offer a lot of value to the broader community instead of locking all content and activities behind paywalls for members. Granted my experience with ITEA is rather limited... I attended the MWRTEC ...

I always thought the tuning note was just part of the magical incantation necessary to summon the maestro and call on the muses for some divine intervention.

Honestly though... I've only played in two types of "concert" bands... community bands where half the players seemed completely unable to ...

First Street festival of the season was rained out so no gig this weekend ... Boo

Today was commencement at the University.. had a Ph.D. to hood so I had to be there. 13,000 students in the processional so our poor orchestra and wind ensemble had to play Pomp and Circumstance for 50 minutes on ...

There were a couple of families of high school tuba players in my area looking for instruments for their kids. Graduating seniors who were not going to be studying music in college but wanted to keep playing... I pointed this horn out to all of them.. since Dayton is only 45 minutes away... none ...