I agree that fiberglass horns sound pretty good, to everyone else. But I have a much harder time hearing myself when I play my 22K vs playing my 38K. The bag is a good idea. It does offer some protection but it's main functions are to keep everything together and to ease transportation. The newer ...

Gotta love that big beautiful Martin!

It’s hard to believe that they wouldn’t sell it. It seems that with that many dedicated users, including myself, there’s a pretty significant amount of money being left on the table by just ending it. I can’t imagine that whatever deal they’ve made with Dorico comes anywhere close to what they could ...

The ability to separate the bell flair from the elbow and then nest the elbow inside the flair is pretty cool. I'm sure the price won't be cool, though. The big issue that I have from using plastic/fiberglass bells is that I can't hear myself nearly as well as with a metal bell. I'd expect that to ...

*****This has been taken care of**** Admins, feel free to delete. Hello, tuba family. I'm doing a very short brass band hit in Scottsdale, AZ during the day on Wednesday, April 10. Wondering if anyone has a BBb sousaphone that I could rent for a couple of hours. I'd rather put some money in the ...

I'm pretty sure Doc has the Eb version. I have the BBb. Until last year, it was my main horn since getting it in 2018. A very kind gentleman gifted me a Martin helicon from the 20s last year. As most of you'd probably guess, the Martin is a superior instrument in just about every way so the Wessex ...

I modified a K&M keyboard stool (I think that's what it is) to make one of these. I used the built in slot for adding a back rest but had it come out the front instead. It lives at home in the tuba room. I think the only time I'd even consider taking it out is if I were doing some kind of long run ...

Maybe it's time to take mine in for service, but it takes me a lot more breaths to play things on my 20j than on a 20k sousa or my 186. Maybe I need to reconsider my mouthpiece choice as well? Use it with a RT50, which is my all purpose go to. The bore of a 20J tuba is larger than the comparable ...

I'm so happy to see you back here, Wade.
Long live the Elephant!

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:23 pm Also check the tuning for 2-3, and maybe shorten the #3 circuit.

I had to do this to my Conn 38K from the 20s. There was just no way to play an F# that wasn't horribly flat. Chopped a little off the 3rd valve circuit and couldn't be happier.

I think we can all agree that ain't no Bb.
Definitely a buyer beware situation.

I like your sandpaper/spit-valve contraption on your tuning slide. That's a clever solution I haven't seen before.

Looks like BBb to me.

The regular valves aren’t all that heavy to me. I actually think the 20K’s are heavier than the regular action horns! Also, high school kids can’t figure out how to put them back into the casings :facepalm2: 20Ks are heavier than 14Ks. Everything after the valve section is larger. They use the same ...

Beautiful BAT!

Good luck with the sale.

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:54 pm baer grease: $180

This horn is a 20J.
Not a 30J.
It doesn't look like anyone made that statement clearly although it was alluded to.

I'm still trying to figured out the player in the 1923 picture... has his left arm over the wrap and his hand on the bell!? How does that work? I totally see what you think you’re seeing. But his “sleeve” is actually his lyre folio book. And “his” hand is actually the hand of another player walking ...

Sharpen it to C.