For several different reasons I've decided to move away from tuba/euphonium playing and focus entirely on bass trombone (in a big band context). Consequently I'm selling my wonderful Wessex Champion Eb horn and also my Mack Brass (Yamaha 641 clone) compensating euphonium. In order to avoid a lot of ...

I've been using Yamaha Synthetic for eons in its various viscosities for tuba, ancient tuba, euph, and trombone valves. It's the best I've found -- for me. A lot of this is just personal preference for one odd reason or another. Or sometimes because we have different body chemistries and some things...

It does seem to play on the flatter side of 440 (I played with the main slide all the way in), That looks like a somewhat larger version of my 1924 Buescher 3-valve Eb. The guy I bought it from insisted that it played at A=440. It took me some time and careful testing to determine that it played at...

bloke wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:58 pm You can cut that ring off of its own flange, and reuse the flange for the new ring, yes?

Good call. Or desolder the old ring and just solder the old one right to the flange?

I just remember that when I was a freshman in college several centuries ago, the ROTC members in my dorm used to use dilute sulfuric acid on their brass uniform buttons. It was very effective, very quick, and involved virtually no physical "polishing" effort.

I found a couple of those bare brass rings sitting around. Polished brass; no seams Rough dimensions: 1.Outside dia: 3.5 cm, Inside dia: 2.6 cm Thickness: 4.5 mm. 2.Outside dia: 4.25 cm Inside dia: 3.15 cm Thickness: 5.30 mm If you're interested in messing with them, send me an address and I'll drop...

I have several (round) brass rings sitting around in my parts boxes that I got just for this purpose (and never used :eyes: ). They're of different sizes, and my plan was to file a flat spot on the outer rim of one and (silver?) solder that to some sort of base that I'd then solder to the horn. Inst...