I can hear my watch ticking in my right ear, but not my left. Wow, I immediately confirmed that I can still hear the tick in both ears *whew*. But I used to hear it ticking from the night stand and now I've got to hold the watch close . . . occurred to me . . . how many folks even own analog, mecha...

The best ever was USA-made BLESSING with the GERMAN valveset. @tokuno, there is one of these listed on FB marketplace on Long Island for $550. Not sure where you are located, and that's a bit of a drive for me unless I took the round trip ferry. But if you're interested, you might be able to work o...

. . . Marching baritones *resigned sigh* . . . My Bach/Yamaha marching baritone, while not a great-player, is sufficient to the needs of the "mostly gray-hair, primarily beer-drinking, but some marching and lots of rock charts playing" pep band that my wife & I have popped into and out...

I have an aversion to accessories and toting them (which is one of the reasons why the only "Away From Home" music stand that I will ever own is a K&M 101) so that aversion works against me using something like this. Yo, Joe, thinking outside the (check-)box for an "elegant"...

The September 1st, 1957 edition of "MotorSport" featuring the Triumph TR2?

I was raised in a family of french horn players . . .

Three Valves wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:37 pm There are three women in that picture?

What's that? It's Pat
Can't find a sketch for "Who's this? It's Chris"

This is the way of things now. Everything is being "flimsy-fied" in one way or another. The deadly sin I see in action is Greed. I put on a pair of corduroy slacks I've had for probably 20 years. The corduroy in them is at least three times as thick as the "corduroy" in new slac...

Tusky, that’s a portable? Are they making the decks out of steel now? All of mine (portable and non) have aluminum decks, and I wouldn’t mind a ferrous deck. . . I have never seen an aluminum Manhasset Symphony or Orchestra model stand. They have been stamped steel since Moses was knee-high to a ca...

Tusky, that’s a portable?
Are they making the decks out of steel now?
All of mine (portable and non) have aluminum decks, and I wouldn’t mind a ferrous deck. . .

Clarion for our kids' horns. We haven't had to call it in, so apologies; cannot attest to policy fulfillment. There's innumerable attestations online to their service level, and it provides us good value: peace of mind at a low cost for horns exposed to the rigors associated to high school. My oldes...

All good...! I agree that pros do maybe switch main horns more than they used to. I think maybe players in general do? My wife plays cello and she and her string-colleagues do not, as a rule, change instruments, but her cello is worth way more than my combined instruments... 😀 :thumbsup: Seems like...

rodgeman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 5:26 pm While I was there I played three tubas tubas -

That's six. Wouldn't three be 1 one-ba and 1 two-ba?
*snork*
Seriously, thanks for the writeup. My son-in-law has a meager budget and no tuba . . . I've heard good things of the Eastmans and will forward this along to him.

What I've seen of female bullying is social rejection. Male bullying tends to be physical rejection. Indeed, Mary Ann, and in my opinion very lasting and hurtful. (Real) example from out of the blue one day: "We don't want you eating lunch with us any more" Numerous other examples, too.

We have two daughters. I thought adolescence was hard for us boys, but had no idea what the girls go through until my daughters did; it's fraught. Sounds like her folks (with great extended family support) have her on a really good track. Well done, gramps. (My youngest is a trumpeter - music has be...

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Tue Dec 27, 2022 11:08 am I have about a 15 year old Zoom H4 and it has recorded tuba (in a quintet) better than anything else even close to its price range. I know nothing about iPhones.

Mine's an H2, and it works well, too. When I need a video synch, I post-process and swap in the Zoom recording.

Thank you! I was using the Kjos. I like them because the arrangements are versatile and can be sight read. It's handy when you don't know who will show up! :tuba: I like SA music but the treble trips me up. :red: I think you could make them work: The SA supports 3,4, and 5 in C Bass, and the Eb sax...

oops, double post, sorry That's fun! What arrangements are you using? :thumbsup: Nowadays we lean heavily on the Salvation Army's Carolers' Favorites book . 133 carols in 5-part mix-n-match instrumentation. They're somewhat usable as a duet but better with three or more players, and include modern ...

Diversity comes in other forms though: * Good mix of male/female (and sure, I guess other categories too). Our conductor was an older woman * Wide range of ages * A person with low vision with a white cane (who I actually knew from somewhere else years ago) * A person with (I think?) a cognitive im...

Diversity comes in other forms though: * Good mix of male/female (and sure, I guess other categories too). Our conductor was an older woman * Wide range of ages * A person with low vision with a white cane (who I actually knew from somewhere else years ago) * A person with (I think?) a cognitive im...