off topic update: They scream with joy at the beginning of each chart, and all during each one. . I enjoy and generally prefer the familiar and relatable, but especially in uncomfortable environments, and perhaps that’s the appeal for some of the audience in the concert hall. Maybe it’s also the nov ...

... I'll share my experience and my, admittedly, biased opinions. ANYTHING! . . . This far in and not a single question about the Yankees or the designated hitter . . . :smilie8: You ever attended a Yankees World Series game? Where do you like to bat in the lineup? Your preferred fielding position ...

All about convenience for me. Has to be, as my horns are nothing much to look at. Yamaha Randall May stadium sousaphone stand typically emerges the day after Thanksgiving and holds my sousaphone handy till Christmas caroling ends. My wife begrudgingly tolerates the visual clutter because it's ...

Follow-up for anyone interested: Enjoyed comparing the Holton-King (presumably old-style 2341?) vs. new-style 2341 The Holton bell is an inch smaller (19" od), and from behind that bell the timbre sounds to me less billowy/woofy, more "noble" & direct than the newer-model horn. Also seems a bit ...

OP, thanks for posting this. I'm picking it up tomorrow for our son-in-law (recently mustered out as a Marine tubist). My wife was already planning the 7hr drive south to see them next weekend, and the tuba is currently about 2-1/2 hours NE of us, but we have a gig tomorrow about halfway there ...

bloke "Go ahead and label me a kook for relating the improved 30-something inches focal length to eating eggs...but - then - use your search engine to read about 'egg-eating and vision'...and - again - I've been eating a bunch of 'em." Drove through the Little Big Horn/Greasy Grass site last month ...

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 9:07 am It's called a Blokedeep.

Blokehole?

. . . I need to use my computer glasses to be clear, and then the conductor is a bit of a blur. . . Isn't aging *fun*? :wall: Fixable? Due to early onset cataracts, I had a similar experience. I reprinted music 11x17 (my portable was a full-size-with-standouts music stand with an led stand light ...

But as I said previously, my default is really my iPad, which has been a fantastic experience. Disclosure: We're an iPad family - I'm on a 10th gen and when our kids were home, we had 3 or 4 of 'em floating around the household. i.e. I'm neither anti- tech nor eMusic. But . . . cautionary anecdote ...

bloke wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:49 pm a mouthpiece to someone who actually LIVES IN

I wonder if the USPS would redirect a Jellystone address to Yellowstone . . .

Kind of a silly topic -- but I have a Peak stand and find it enough bother to set up and take down that I end up taking a Manhasset. Also the Peak's legs are not conducive to putting your foot on to hold it down if you are outside in the wind. So is this Hamilton any better? I like that the legs ...

I realize that a lot of people enjoy their big pickup trucks, SUVs, and other generously-sized vehicles . . . If only . . . Child 3 borrowed my daily driver, so I drove the fun-mobile - Miata - to rehearsal . . . fortunately only euphonium, but a sousaphone might fit with the top down. Right-side ...

I have a Protec sousa bag. A little Olds sousa lives in it. It’s not too bad. I don’t want to store a big sousa case. This bag holds the horn (slightly too big…), lets me transport it in that rare occasion, and it all stores up on a shelf. The padding is good enough for my purposes. I view all bags ...

My sousaphone transport options: 1) wrestle with the cumbersome SKB case or 2) schlep around an uncased horn Musician's Friend has a (limited time) add'l 20% off a discounted Protect bag, so for $178 shipped, even if it's only modest protection, the backpack feature will make it worthwhile to me ...

. . I'm no longer 30 years old . . How does it work on your knees, shoulders, neck and back? “Oil can!” :coffee: . . . or 40 or 50 . . . . maybe a squirt between my ears? Seriously, I've tried straight lamp oil, but it's so thin that the old valve oil bottles that I've tried seem to help it migrate ...

Congratulations. Impressive achievement! :bow2: E6 starting, paid-to-play, with a regular paycheck, housing, travel, camaraderie, service . . . checks a lot of boxes. Reminder for those of you with young musicians in your circle who, while capable instrumentalists, don't play at the President's ...

Does Finale work on Windows? Linux? I don't know how it works for mac's, but if it were me (a retired IT pro) rather then run it on actual hardware and hope the hardware does not die, I would spin up a virtual computer and make sure it's backed up and snap-shot-ed. Fact is going forward I would bet ...

Interesting news.
Thanks for posting, because I doubt I'd have received the 'official' alert - I'm still using my old Finale 2012; never upgraded, don't know if I ever registered the software - just bought, installed, and carried on.
Bummed to hear; end of era.

Grumpikins wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 5:47 pm Doesn't the larger diameter "pancake" style bell flare diffuse sound more?

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:17 am You have not yet learned that the OP has zero control over where the TFFJ takes the thread?

Did someone say Pancakes!? I love pancakes!

a specific product (I only found one make) that's mostly liquid, slightly gooey, and coats (part of the name: "kote") worn edges of leather (around the lace-up and foot-insertion areas of real leather dress shoes). It's a different product from the multi-brands stuff to put around the edges of ...