You actually had me thinking for a few seconds: "I didn't realize Yamaha ever made a double tuba."

Congratulations, Wade! I hope you find it to be a valuable tool.

With these blunt comments, no one need assume that I'm not aware that there is some existence which is larger than us and all knowing. I just don't feel that I'm qualified to put a brand name on it. :cheers: And you've motivated me to make similar arrangements to yours following my demise. Unless I...

Funny, I still had all those patches in a box in storage until just a few months ago (33 years after high school graduation), when I opened that box for the first time in many years, had a moment of nostalgia, and then threw them all away.

I don't see any bits in the photos. Maybe that's why it didn't get played much. Aren't those a "must have" for those Conns, for intonation? And do Conn sousaphone bits work interchangeably?

A non-Californian, I find many of their state policies to be . . . misguided. But last week, for the first time in my life, I had the opportunity to drive from Napa to San Francisco. Now that was some beautiful scenery!!

This has already been said, but I'm going to say it in a different way: Those listening to auditions want to hear what you CAN play, well, and make good music with. Nobody wants to listen to something anyone can ALMOST play, even if pretty darn close. And none of us on this thread can tell you which...

Sold

https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/68816510 Description and photos are at the link above. As I said in the listing, I wanted to get back into playing, but this horn is just too large for me - I need something smaller. At this point I'm looking for a local sale (Salt Lake City). If it doesn't sell l...

What Rick said. If it’s the horn I formerly owned, it seemed to have some similarities to a B & S Symphonie. But my chops weren’t very good when I owned it (was just playing for fun) so I can’t give any more useful information.

I believe I may have formerly owned that tuba. If so, I think it was a Weltklang that Rudy Meinl engraved his name on after doing some work on it. Most likely adding the fifth valve, that probably wouldn’t have been original to a Weltklang. My understanding is that isn’t uncommon for Rudy (to engrav...

It's the propane accessories that get you in the long run.
(But if you wanted to, say, manufacture asphalt or smelt copper on the property, that's probably not a good idea with propane . . .)

remote That would probably be because it was a rather small school in a rather small town, like the majority of Mississippi schools. In fact, it was so small that the residents couldn’t pop out new children often enough to justify having their own campus. Now they all go to the much larger Winona H...

For personal religio-philosophical reasons, I just don’t embrace/recite pledges to things that are controlled by men (particularly when goals/objectives can change drastically every 2 to 4 years). I wouldn’t mind doing this for one person - who might find it amusing, but there are quite a few peopl...

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:32 pm If you will make a recording of yourself play-saying along with it, once I upload it.

Never learned that particular skill set . . .

bloke wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:14 pm bloke "Please do not ask me to record myself 'saying' the Pledge of Allegiance on the trombone. "

Please record yourself 'saying' the Pledge of Allegiance on the trombone. Pretty please.