You got a real steal with this one. Lee Stofer told me years ago that the key to the 2XJ's intonation was keeping the leadpipe and valve tubing dent free. You have enough dings there that taking the dents out should improve matters.

I used to own one nearly identical to this. Conn Monster Eb.

good photography

I think the Warburton 28-D might fit you well. The cup diameter is the same as the Bach 18's, and the rim is like a slightly rounded Helleberg (not the flat rim).

I've tried a bunch of oils, but keep coming back to Blue Juice.

I searched for the JP279B and found the ad easily enough. Then I took a careful look at the pictures and then looked again. I'll admit to being plenty oblivious at times, but I only see one water key. Am I missing the obvious? A horn of that design seems like it would be gurgling constantly and ...

Sometimes you can get lucky. Last month while coming back from a lip injury, I played a banged-up borrowed St. Pete rotary BBb for three rehearsals and a couple of concerts. The horn had long, hard valve strokes and was very sluggish in response, but the tone was pretty good, and the intonation ...

I'm using an MB3 on my JP377 Eb almost exclusively. I injured my lip back in late September, laid off for a couple of months and had to miss a few concerts, started up again on BBb, and am back to Eb. I feel that the MB3's comfortable rim has helped me get back into playing Eb in brass band again.

Thank you for posting here. I hope this leads some worthy young tubaist to a great posting.

The 2nd annual Rome, GA TubaChristmas will be this coming Saturday the 14th at the Courtyard by Marriott, 320 West 3rd St, Rome, GA. Registration will start at 10am, rehearsal at 11. Performance will be outdoors on the terrace starting at 1pm. The conductor will be Jason Casanova of Kennesaw State ...

The other listing says piston. Heh.

Is a half-time assistant 1/2-asst.?

For schools that split their programs by audition: top band, middle band, bottom band, basement band, bargain basement band (as needed).

Both are quality bags. The Cronkhite for my JP377 fits like a glove, but it's the Besson 982 pattern in the drop-down menu. The Messina bags have a little free space in the top corners. Two of the guys I've played with for years have their bags and are happy with them. I like the extra zipper pocket ...

edfirth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:32 am I think it's a 34J. Also the loop in the third valve tubing most likely means it's pretty old. It would be interesting to see what kind of shape the valves are in. There's a raincatcher that would fit it on the Bay right now. Ed

Yep.

This is the NorthWest Georgia Winds bass section from a concert last spring. NWGW tubas.jpg Right to left: Nathan Thompson, King 2341; Wess Collette, Mack Brass 410 CC; Gage Driggers, Conn 24J; Greg Crider, JP377 Eb. Not in picture: Dr. David Smith, Meinl-Weston 25. Gone but not forgotten: Dr. Randy ...

Since I said I'd only go to a tablet only when I have to, I thought back to gigs on bass where I had to tape 8 or 9 pages of nonstop bass charts together and use two music stands. Or the times I had 20-page piano parts to work from and had to either make up my part and hand write it or just lay out ...

From watching a master repairman and restorer clean silver horns, I'd use a lot of strips of strong gauze or soft cloth to get around the valve tubes and knuckles in particular, and be patient to only do a little at a time. Don't be afraid to discare the used strips to polish, and then another to ...

If we go completely paperless with everything, the world's going to be taken by pulp wood trees. They will become the new kudzu. Ironic, considering that the packaging world is slowly moving away from plastics to paper- and pulp-based packaging products that can be easily recycled. Paper and ...

Is there a hollowed-out rotor inside?