Sounds like a concise way to compliment one's overall musicality; timing, intonation, appropriate 'articulation' or whatever it's called on stringed instruments,...

I only played bass at the HS pep band level so I never heard it.

My old Holton BBb always had the main slide out about an inch or so... until I got a nice ding in the main bugle right after it exits the valve block.. Now it's noticeably flat.. and I have the slide all the way in even on hot don't days. The worn valves don't help either. I've day i'll find s ...

Last night I went on a mildly deep dive into bass trumpets being used in popular music, so to speak, not orchestral music. It seems relatively popular in some polka bands in Europe to use a large bass trumpet, they also seem to occasionally be called bass flugelhorns. One of the trombonists in ...

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- It's really hard to play euph soft - so much like a bellering cow . You can back off, but you can never really get soft. You have to apply a certain amount of air pressure just to get it to speak.
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There's a funny 4 part comic strip that alludes to your comment here.

The tuba player ...

Is there a list of what he's played over the years? I remember he played a rotary Yamaha C, a 661 I believe; I have a cassette of their French album that I think he played that on.


There is an old Sesame Street video of Chuck playing that Yamaha 661 -- I'm thinking late 1970s / early 1980s ...

When I went to Purdue the grad student band department assistant was also a tuba player. He told me he saw Chuck wandering around campus, went up to him and said "Mr. Daellenbach, you look lost, can I help you?". To which Chuck stared at him and replied "how do you know who I am"? "I'm a tuba player ...

I had no idea Jay Friedman had retired. Does anyone know if Charlie Vernon or Gene Pokorny are doing a recital in the near future?

bloke wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2026 4:46 pm I've listened to a few of his videos...wonderful playing...yet he seems to be tolerant of a tremendous amount of mechanical noise.

Trombone version of a one man band, a guy who plays the guitar with a bass drum and cymbal on his back

From the ad-
“This is a Swiss-made Wilson tuba that I purchased new about 9 years ago and used extensively in orchestras. There are a few minor dents on the bell and body, but they do not affect its appearance or playability at all. It features 4 front pistons + 1 rotary valve, all tuning slides ...

Neat, with that 5th slide layout it looks like a giant F tuba.

I like dual bore slides, I've had several - small and large bore. I think they are more efficient - blow like the top (small bore) , sound like the bottom (large bore). I also like TIS. I had an Olds S22 for a while. It didn't have a lot of finesse, but damn, would she bark.

Bass bone valves ...

That's a fantastic looking horn. I had a 4 front valve Giant and it just didn't play very well. One amusing aspect is that low B natural barely existed. 12 C was fantastic, Bb was ok, the open false tone was A natural, 234 G was solid. Having to play D 234 was a real bummer. 😀

Mid sized is a 1916 ...

Caveat: this is on the site. I don't know how different it is on the app.

Select the gear icon to bring up the settings. Select Subtitles/CC then Auto-translate. Find English and select that.

Weirdly, when I was doing it just now, Auto-translate wasn't an option until I selected German (auto ...

I like that slide kicker, it looks like you could adjust it to either return out or return in depending on what the horn calls for.


I don't think I could ever get used to having the pinky control the 4th valve.


Besson, or Boosey, or ?,... made basically a 3+1 front valve Eb tuba, I believe ...

Does anyone know how to enable English subtitles for his videos? I can't seem to do so.

btw here's a link to the whole 18 page part
https://clara.imslp.org/work/28221?imslpIndex=884442

I saw this guy (and a bunch of great Polish bands including an absurdly crazy rock/horn band and a wonderful Polish jazz band, Wu Wu) at a big Polish festival last summer. If you don't want to go up to Milwaukee that's understandable but they're a fantastic show. The trumpet player drank (a little ...

I like playing the Shostakovich 5th symphony contrabassoon soli on euphonium, it's a fun grunty little bit on that (last note played second valve as a false tone). 😀

https://www.orchestralbassoon.com/shostakovich-5-mvt-2-contra
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1 ...

I knew I saw a 6 inline valve baritone somewhere! He actually uses them as well, it seems to throw off your balance a bit when you shift your hand down to use them. 2 dependent rotaries with the paddles where the hand comfortably rests is probably the better way if one where to seriously go down ...

amazing condition...
I've never been impressed by those (when playing them).

I would like to pick that one up, mess with it a little bit, set it back down, and thank the owner for letting me examine it.


I like them myself. For my 50th birthday next year I will be looking for an old 183, MW ...

I have an 1946 York (listed as a YARK, because it has the triangular O on the engraving)... 3 valve front action bell front. I actually really like the sound on it. My daughter used it in 5th and 6th grade at home, and played on a similar King model at school. I don't think she would have had the ...