Yes, try a heavier-gauge string. Also, elevate the E string a bit. Sometimes I will elevate each string slightly higher from G to E... just a hair. I do this even more on my upright setup.

Round-wounds will give more overtones, and flats are usually less resonant. I use half-rounds quite often ...

Re: Lesley Varner (Ball State)
Post by runelk » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:27 pm

He was my undergrad teacher at what was then Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) in San Marcos, Tx. He was part-time faculty and worked in his parents jewelry store that was on the main strip by the campus ...

yes, they are long gone, as is the money i received for them.

The search is going reasonably well. Not really producing that much because I'm now convinced there's just not much in print/published. I have come to grips with the fact that the best jazz arrangers & composers are not inclined to score for brass quintet or any other classical chamber group. I have ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I'm starting in on my bucket list early!
I'm looking for some really hip jazz arrangements for a brass quintet. I have been all over the web, and I have only found a handful of Jack Gale arrangements on the Canadian Brass site that spark my interest. artofmusicsound.com seems to ...

I purchased a very nice South Bend lathe a year or so ago. It is certainly large enough to turn a tuba mouthpiece. Looks like a piece of 2-inch stock will cost around $40 for the 4 inches I need for a mouthpiece. - If I buy a 14-18 inch length for a couple of hundred dollars.

Lathes seem plentiful ...

I have given this method a little time, off and on, since I bought it long ago. I have the original edition. It seems like studies I’ve had over a long period of time always have a different meaning and effect on me when I revisit them.

This time, I’m digging deep and giving it much more time in ...

I just saw this on Marketplace and had to laugh!


Weirmar trombone with Case & Nozzle. Excellent condition. $125.

T

I'll never forget making the elephant "call" back in high school. Two sousaphone players facing each other hold the bells tight together and blow like hell. It is glorious! I guess we invented that version, as I had never seen it before,

TJ

Something cool to look at!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tn__=!%3AD

Sold!

I have not played this horn much since I got it. A little to heavy for me and I have a Wessex BBb helicon that I like for jazz gigs... plus the recently acquired 184 has all my attention.
This 1961 Reynolds Contempora BBb recording bass really plays well. The high range has a great vibrant feel and ...

I had one of these years ago. The tone is amazing. The build is incredible as well. Best I could tell, mine was from around 1900. The Vitak emblem was present but a little more ornate. At that time, I found articles on the web discussing the unique brass alloy of these instruments, accounting for ...

i'm looking for a nice-fitting bag for my Miraphone 184. A 3/4 Gard wheelie bag would be nice.

14-inch bell. Would like close fitting and lightweight.

Thanks, Tim

Yes, someone here was looking but not anymore. I have a neck and bits as well. New old stock and very nice. Seems like when you need them you can't find them (at a reasonable price), and if you have them, you can't sell them.

I once owned two vintage Holton sousaphones. Both were excellent players ...

I have a mouthpiece marked Mirafone C.L. C7
The C7 is Mirafone's F mouthpiece (Helleberg style)
What does the C.L. stand for?

Whatever it is, I like it!

TJ

I'm looking for a vintage Mirafone tuba mouthpiece. Will have an F stamped on it.
Would consider any condition.
Thanks,
Tim

The individual who purchased this drum was the drum tech on a recent Sheryl Crow tour, works for a major percussion company, and has also been affiliated with a custom drum shop. He told me it's the brass and shell that make these 20s-era drums so special. He collects these models because of the ...

Well, now that I'm selling off my percussion & vintage snare drum collection, I might just buy me another tuba.

Here's a drum I've had for a long time—certainly one of my most collectible.
I discounted this because someone stripped the black lacquer off, and the buyer was standing in front of me ...