We will have a look. Thanks for providing it.

Well, after actually practicing some euph playing, a couple further observations:

- It's a huge sound production concept difference between bone and euph, and I can't say I fully get it yet.
- It's really hard to play euph soft - so much like a bellering cow. You can back off, but you can never ...

The advantage of the TIS is to get the constant taper through the bell. I'm personally not a big fan of the Yamaha bones. Maybe you should give that Olds bell section a chance with the slide it was meant to be with. The 59 is a nice mouthpiece, but as a tuba player, you might be able to play ...

Yeah, Bollinger is of course brilliant and an amazing example of what bass bone can do. I don't subscribe to his tuning method because I'm not brilliant. I worry about bringing as many notes as close in (to 1st pos) as possible. He wants to get them lined up on 3rd pos. Maybe if I had more ...

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 ...

I'm not sure what you describe has that much to do with the valves. Do you have the same problem with a valve trombone? I bet not.

I'd guess you're mostly right, except that I have never seen a conical slide. I have a flugabone, but I treat that as a campfire instrument - mostly for goofing off ...

I wonder if the change in shape (maybe resulting in different resistance?) might be enough to cause this? Bracing is also a factor in the resonance within the metal. I am sure it is not wrong to treat it as a new instrument and work through things like long tones and attacks, or to see how ...

Ahhh, let's start by annoying everyone - Lipping pitches is barbaric. Play right down the middle of the resonance, and use the slide to tune it. I probably actually do lip pitches on valves for intonation without being conscious of it.

Slide users want to slur across natural breaks between partials ...

If you had to teach a life-long trombonist who doesn't really play valves something useful about playing valves, what would it be? For example - keep blowing, don't tongue every note. Or maybe use a single valve instead of a combination when possible.

If I were to give a valve player a bit of slide ...

Aspirational pricing $5,000



I was wondering what model that was. Not in the market, but it looks like a cool instrument. I've got this irrational fantasy about a 188. Not that I've ever played one. It just looks like it should sound bad ass. If I've learned anything from going around with ...

My favorite brass ensemble video Concert de François Thuillier Elephant Tuba Horde, le 27 août 2016 aux Rendez-Vous de L'Erdre , includes a bell front baritone quartet at 42:56.


I love the guy with the mohawk and piercings. Almost makes the bell-front stuff look cool.
Seriously, though, that ...

There's a Wessex Dolce on the trombone forum for sale. They are decent instruments. 3+1 comp.

The low bar for entry does lead to a lot of people making poor use of the tool. You can't really blame the software for that. I think for a free music notation tool, Musescore is pretty awesome. It does take some investment to learn it. All software has quirks.

The guy who lead the most recent ...

I use Musescore frequently. I'm not an expert, though, so I'm sure some of the things I think are shortcomings are really just operator ignorance. I enjoy using it, and for most of what I do, it's pretty easy, fairly powerful. I use it for trombone quartets and brass quintets. If you want to look up ...

I guess I need to start recording my funky sousa lines and win fame and fortune!


... If you can play them as cleanly as he does, you'll get clicks.
I promise you that he didn't sound that good playing them the first time through. It took some work.


I'll bet there's a little digital ...

Damn you, now I'm gonna spend all night listening to this.

Seriously, this guy looks like he has 20 pairs of pajamas to wear while his mom grooves to the funky souzy beat all night long. It's all super sexy until you realize that you have to play each lick about 40 times per tune.

I log into f ...

I've had a few teachers, from unknown to well-known:

David Carpenter - high school band director, bassoonist
Dick Rabideau - public school teacher, tenor bone
Bud ? - public school teacher, bass bone
Robert Wigness - Vermont Symphony
Robert Reifsnyder - Ithaca College
John Swallow - New England ...

Can't you get one from Mack (Tom OGrady)? They're pretty cheap.

Well, I just took a strap I already had and connected it to hooks on the horn. The strap has metal connectors which are strong, but make a lot of noise. The placement works for sitting down, but I'd have to tighten it for walking. The more involved harness just looks like too much, and after some ...

I might need/want something to help hold the tuba to my person. In the past I used a bandolier which was simple enough. The straps or harnesses look maybe more secure but also a bigger pain in the a. I don't want to use a stand. Why say you all?