Hello Mary Ann,
Mary Ann wrote:

Even little lungs can drive a brass band if they are on the beat.

Thanks for that very pithy quote!
-royjohn

Hi bort and All, Lest you think I got a tuba last Thursday, let me say I started back on trumpet at about 56, after a 42 year layoff and I got a big old Besson BBb (the one with the ball the crushes yours on the bottom) about 6 years ago, but I really couldn't play it well (I thought THAT was an air...

Hello Dr. Green, ...and thank you for your response. I listened to a little Zerkel and to some of the excerpts at your website, too...and you're right! You both do breath "a lot." Coming from a background with trumpet and with singing baroque music, I tend to think in terms of many fewer b...

I'm a newbie on tuba, as some of you know. I took a lesson from a college tuba instructor recently and asked about my breathing. I'm 74 and have had some surgeries on my diaphragm that seem to have limited my lung capacity somewhat. I was taking breaths about every two measures in Tyrell #1 and the ...

Not needing a gallon, I looked for UltraPure at Amazon...the clear was $17.99, but the red was $11.67! Not wanting red water on the floor, I instead opted for Hyoola at $13.89. It seems odorless...made by a company in Bayonne, NJ which mainly deals in candles.

Well, today I tried all my mouthpieces to see if any of them required a little less air, because I'm having trouble getting through more than 2 measures of the Getchel #1 study (at MM=60) without a breath. Using the Bobo Symphonic (throat=7.5mm), the Loud LM-7 (8.35), the Benge 24AW (8.84??), a Hell...

Hey, cjk, I've had aides since I was about 35 and that's about 40 years now. At first I had one aide and then a few years later the audiologist was astonished that I didn't have two. Stereo is definitely the thing for hearing loss. Yes, we tubists can hear the fundamental, but you will not hear all ...

Hello Wade, Bloke and All, Many thanks for various mouthpiece suggestions and in particular the detailed ideas and explanations that you, Wade, sent. I feel very lucky to have such guidance from such expert players and even a mpc maker! Wade, the specs on the Blokepieces are here: https://housermout...

Hello All, I am curious what mouthpiece or mouthpieces others use on a Mack Brass 410 with gold brass bell or any 410 for that matter. I'd also be interested in why you use that mouthpiece: 1. To get more sound when playing with a big group 2. For more color with a tuba which can sound a little gene...

bort wrote: I feel better doing it this way (but would guess that the insurance co would find some reason why this isn't allowable, and end in non-payment anyway.... ?) Your insurance agent should be able to tell you on the front end whether this is kosher or not...there may be something in the insu...

So I guess we are allowed to follow this and speculate, kind of like "90 Day Tuba Fiance," but I'm curious as to what direction you are tending...if the 20J started this, but isn't the final solution, are you looking to stay in the 6/4 BAT camp and maybe have a 4th valve? As far as the Ale...

Hello Three Valves and others,
Good condition is nice, but I am fine with stuff in about any readable shape. I might even benefit from your notes! Just let me know what you have and your price(s). By the piece and buyer-take-all prices...
Thanks.
royjohn

I am interested in single books or collections of tuba etudes, exercises and elementary instruction books. If you have stuff you are wanting to sell, let me know...thx, royjohn

So how does this musescore thing work? I'm interested in selecting and printing out some duets and small group music from the literature, but the musescore site promotes it as a score writing program...is there a way to import files and then transpose as needed and print? Where do I find the instruc...

So, bloke (or whoever)...what is the problem with these...I'm guessing that moisture or something gets under the sleeve and deteriorates the lacquer that you are trying to protect...is that it? Cure worse than the disease, so to speak?

Still available? Where?
Thx!

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I have one of these in raw brass and I like it, but I am a newbie, so what do I know. Dan Schultz worked on it, putting on new bumpers and taking out the obvious dents. He wasn't in awe of it, but thought it played OK. I think the intonation is pretty good on this one. I do agree that I wouldn't buy...

Looking for a 4/4 CC tuba to play in Community Band. Mack Brass 410 or similar OK, or anything under $3K that plays decent or could be easily repaired. I have a Conn 20J and a Karl Ziess Master Modelle BBb for trade if anyone is interested. Prefer something in the East that I could drive to for tria...