Could it be bent back?
That's what I usually do.
(I believe you would have luck straightening Olds or King stems and what do you think, but probably not with any of the new ones which hold those plastic valve guides on to the tops of the pistons. All of those newfangled ones are really fragile ...

Have you tried just carefully bending it back???? If you are worried about trying it you friendly neighborhood brass guy should be able to do it for cheap, and replace your corks and felts too.


I've been reading about that. I'm a little nervous, so I might just take it down to Mark Metzler and ...

All,

I think that one of my daughters, during a cleaning project, managed to bend my 4th valve stem (which now brushes into the edge of the valve cover cap), making it stick.

I tested the valve using a stem from the third valve, and it functioned fine.

Doing research, my 4J was made using similar ...

All,

I understand that it's not possible to increase vital capacity, but that we can train our lungs in other ways. I know that some of it is simply playing, but what do y'all recommend for other exercises? I row once a week for 1000m and will be increasing that over the summer as I have time. I've ...

Mary Ann wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:57 pm As someone who went from horn to tuba, ^^^ Yup.

That's an even bigger leap than my euph-tube.

BopEuph wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:36 pm Whatever mouthpiece you have, just get to work.

This IS probably the best advice...

But gear-acquisition syndrome....but...but...

Thank you :)

All,

Thanks to the invention / direction of one of our forum members, I am now in possession of a lovely Conn 4J. I have a Bach 18 mouthpiece, and have been playing with it as I get used to a bigger brass (former euph player) instrument.

I used a Schilke 51D on my euph, and enjoyed it quite a bit ...

All,

I've been looking at the 1241 King BBb tubas out there. I see these three:

https://www.baltimorebrasscompany.com/p-12436-king-1241-4v-bbb-tuba.aspx

and

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285603184733?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=lzacmozktcg&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=kHpHHUkQT8-&widget_ver ...

Sooo...probably not as good as the Kings BBb instruments. :P

I had an odd feeling it was a school tuba of some sort. Not just because of the three valved, but it's almost the same size as the Wilson 4-valve euph I played in college.

Serial No. 279316 - from that auction site. Looking for a "new" to me, re-beginner tuba. Thank you!

Thank you! I'll drop you a line soon.

Looking around a bit more on here, the Conn 20J is also fairly respected in that range. I'll take a peek for the four valves you recommend as well.

Hello all!

I'm a former (and future) low brass player who is getting back into tuba-euph after some 22 years of absence. I'm looking about at used tubas in the $1-2K range, and came across one on marketplace with this odd logo. I live near Elkhart (and my daughter has a Conn 5D Elkhart horn, so I ...