Funny, I guess I don't pay much attention, but my impression is that things commonly start off with a triumphant, celebratory or energetic kicker to launch the program, vis. paso doble, Festive Overture-type, Copland Fanfare-type, and my preference would be for a burst of concert-ending energy or ...

How do you fit ~anything~ in a Miata trunk, much less a tuba. Did you remove the spare? I removed the passenger seat for a month to re-upholster it (low-priority project on infrequently-driven car), and I enjoyed having the extra space. Sousaphone, tuba, hard-case euphonium (none fit in the trunk ...

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:10 am Maybe even some sort of epoxy, if there's a way to combine a fastener with some sort of industrial glue...??

I've used liquid nails. Works great.

Schlitzz wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 10:21 am And as a reminder, here's the viola section. Just floating along, like rice puff cereals....

HAHA thanks! Posted that to our family chat :-D
(wife's a viola player)

Luckily, I'm seldom placed adjacent to the timpanist, and I've learned to not set my chair in line with the trombones, but to back up a bit so the bass trombone bell is not in my ear... I was placed (squeezed) directly in front of an upright piano for a Christmas pit. I wonder how many years that ...

. . . Unlike what we were able to do, they've told all of their children that they won't be able to pay any percentage of any of their college tuition, if any/all of them decide to go to college. . . . . . She's over-the-top smart (excels and is a year-or-two ahead in all subjects). She doesn't ...

gocsick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:00 am

Love this picture of those two guys in the foreground channeling their inner 8-year old.
Evokes fond memories of all manner of gleeful boyhood hijinks and pastimes.

I recommend all of the Travelin' Light albums (CDs in my case), and I like Brassy Night At The Opera, too. At my wife's behest, I ran the SF marathon (one-and-done forever. Ugh, Zero joy - I hate running), and lots of Travelin' Light and a bunch of British brass band tracks helped distract me from ...

blokonservatory's school colors are gold and white. Ah, yes, the Blokonservatory Soaring Stallions, "Nulla Doctrina", "We knock the dents out of your children's ideology" If I could afford your network streaming fees, I'd enjoy watching one of those 15 minute football games your team plays during ...

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 ...