rounded top bow, old-timey valve caps, thin metal slide pulls - does Weril make a compensator?

It is a 3/32" Allen screw. Perhaps a light coating of generic axle grease to seal the leadpipe union. The knurled screw on the bell is just finger-tight. It is the only one that wants to come loose, so torque it down with your fingers pretty tightly I think you're going to really love this tuba ...

"Don't you think you're life would have been easier had you have married a wealthier woman?" The guest lecturer in one of my architectural courses was a master builder with math & physics masters degrees, his AIA, and a contractor's license. At one point he wryly mentioned that he could afford to ...

My first Rose Parade, and our daughter procured grandstand tickets at the parade starting area. There were some oohs & aahs (LeAnn Rimes fireworks, the B2 stealth flyover, a huge whoosh of Mardi Gras streamers from the mid-parade Hot 8 Band), but the only two that got folks on their feet in our ...

My son was delighted. His best friend game him this: https://images.t-shirtat.com/2021/09/it-s-okay-if-you-don-t-like-playing-the-euphonium-t-shirt-t-shirt.jpg And my wife and I gave him this: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2FA13usaonutL ...

I'm the right age to have seen it in re-runs (my peers discussed it), but we didn't own a television :-(
My parents thought we'd be better served by reading instead of watching.
On the other hand, I do own a '92 lever :-)

Coincidentally, I ran across my baggie of #3-48 nylon screws a couple weeks ago - there's still almost all of the original 100 remaining and the price tag says I coughed up all of $2.99 for them. One of the all time best horn upgrade accessory values that I've implemented. I'd seen one of Bloke's ...

...Just remember to change the batteries in the little box. :thumbsup: No batteries involved - those push-button keylocks are old-school purely mechanical devices. Similar device to those that realtors clamp outside their listed houses to provide access to each other. :smilie8: Thanks for ...

" . . In my clothes closet, I have an array of key combinations whereby - when I’m driving a particular vehicle - there is going to be a key ring that has that car is key and a key to get back in my house when I get home, and nothing else. I put those car door fobs in my sock drawer. The c ...

Yep, Avengers Endgame https://youtu.be/IztjGOPMCwU I hope you're not expecting to croak any time soon - my 95-year old mother joined me for an afternoon in the sunshine at my children's marching band rehearsal yesterday & trotted up and down the bleacher stairs unassisted. Folks are living longer ...

Even well broken in, my 2341's metal guides created a kind of rumbly/bubbly (best way I can describe it) & noisy metallic feedback.
I followed Bloke's advice - bought a bunch of inexpensive nylon screws, reshaped the heads, and swapped in for the metal guides.
Quieter & much smoother.

. . . Of particular interest here would be "Christmas Tuben" for low brass quartet (preferably two euphs and two tubas) and concert band. . . Thank you for your generous gift to the musical community! Christmas Tuben looks like a fun addition to my children's high school Winter concert :)

Dang, chose the wrong week to be out of town and paying scant attn to the forum.
Looks like a gem, and I'm in line if the deal falls through.

I was hoping to see a mid-90s Geo Prism! :hearteyes: We put >3,000 miles on a brand-new Geo Prizm rental in 1991 on a big loop through Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California. Long stretches of empty Nevada highway taught us that the front end gets really light at ~105 mph (speedometer max'd out at ...

The Kadja rim size & tone feel closer to a Schilke 52d than the 51d imho. I played Schilke for decades, but The Kadja articulates cleaner for me.
Dunno when GW's price shot up over $200, but it sure makes your price tempting . . .

Similar experience. Granted I ship infrequently, but I sold my Willson (euph) in 2017ish that cost just under $70 to ship across country. Last week I sent my son's pass-down euph to the Midwest, and $125 was the best quote from all the carriers that I checked (ups, usps, fedex - greyhound wasn't an ...

1944 King 1261 sousaphone

Yep, trumpetherald.
Bought my daughter's Bach Strad Commercial there, and it was a very positive experience.

I swim in the amateur sea, so all the 321s I've bought, sold, and otherwise encountered have either been beater school horns or cherished (i.e. pretty) personal possessions. It's not a merely utilitarian performance tool to cash a check. Right or wrong, their (consistent) playing capability is ...

Thanks for the info on these. Your modification looks pretty solid and looks to fit the sousaphone just right. I think the Eb helicon would sit nicely in the Yamaha stadium stand, but unfortunately, they seem to be as rare as hen's teeth. I'm not sure what I can create, but that might be the way to ...