I until recently owned a Holton helicon from around 1924. The valves were not plated with anything and were some type of copper/bronze alloy? They were copper in color and were still pretty tight. I think Holton was the only one who used this and I don’t know a lot about them. Seemed to work ok. Sen...

Does Gronitz still make tubas? The web site appears to be up.


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Very interesting,

As usual you sound amazing on it. I bet it’s a challenge to even play. I find vintage instruments very interesting and I’ve never seen anything like this before.


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I might have the Eb bass part somewhere on paper. No files of it stored anywhere I can easily email though.


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Was walking through our engine shop and snapped a pic of a can. Claims harmless to metals.


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clarification: I'm no champion nor apologist for PB Blaster... I've just found that it's pretty good at doing stuff that it doesn't claim to be able to do. If I came across something that worked better (as far as quick/b.s. freeing lime-stuck rotors) and was cheaper, I'd be glad to use it - particu...

Saturday night... ack... will see what I can do. Andale Taqueria is a few blocks away on 77th and Nicollet... it's legit... El burrito Mercado on Cesar Chavez is even more legit if your in Saint Paul. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The mics set up for the stream did us no favors, but a proper s...

Sorry, I just saw this and it's already sold. Also expensive... But looks great! https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0149/6436/products/20230216_170235_b4826341-4b68-415a-af79-dbf4b718b911_1024x1024.jpg?v=1676596535 https://hornguys.com/collections/whats-new/products/miraphone-283-norwegian-star-eb-t...

bloke wrote:Anchoring?

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Anchoring? Yeah what my co worker had was called the anchovy thumb procedure. Weird. I don’t remember why the name but it’s a real name and he had the explanation why they called it what it is but I don’t remember the story. Not something I look forward to in my future. I’m left handed so makes sen...

A friend of mine had surgery on their thumb where it was attached at a different spot, to eliminate pain and to maintain functionality. I really don't understand it, but apparently it worked. They were having trouble obviously with the fifth valve. I'm pretty sure that they were hurting from the su...

That's interesting - and I wouldn't dispute it ... :smilie8: ...but they were dealing with rusted steel (probably threaded nuts/bolts ??), and we are dealing with copper alloys' surfaces being stuck together for one or more of several reasons. - plain ol' corrosion/oxidation - leached solder acid -...

Hi- Is PB Blaster with some heat still the preferred penetrating oil for stuck slides? Tnx Mark I cannot confirm if it is safe for brass but the best penetrating oil I have ever used is called Kroil. Far superior to PB but I have not researched if it safe on brass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I actually don't remember when I tried the Star Light, but it was clearly, for me, not what I wanted. If I had never played an Norwegian Star, I might have gone for the Light, but perhaps the Light is better for solos --- however I can't imagine the Star to be anything but wonderful in any circumst...

yeah... If the NS is the larger of the two, I played one ONCE for about two minutes, and thought it to be quite good. I'm thinking that I played it in Knoxville (??). It belonged to a fellow forums member. The small one is the star light. I’ve not played either but always wanted to try one. I’d pre...

If I had known I would get recovered enough to play tuba again, never, ever would I have sold my NStar. It was the perfect tuba for me. I want another Norwegian Star. I do not want the Star Light, which I didn't like. Nobody has new ones in stock, and used ones are simply not out there. Can one be ...

bort2.0 wrote:Saturday night... ack... will see what I can do.

Andale Taqueria is a few blocks away on 77th and Nicollet... it's legit...

El burrito Mercado on Cesar Chavez is even more legit if your in Saint Paul.


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Yadent wrote:https://www.thomannmusic.com/miraphone_ ... b_tuba.htm

Odd that one appears to only have 4 valves. I’ve always wanted to try one of those the 5 valve one that is.


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EmptyCase wrote:Still looking

String swing makes a decent wall mount one I use. They are about $100


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SIDEBAR: I still believe that if somebody would make a superb B-flat copy of a 32-in tall X 19" 4/4 York or Holton with a modern valve section, that people would love it, compared to Kings and copies of Kings - whether the King copy were B-flat or cut to C. Mine (modernized Holton B-flat) is a...