Are these different? If different, how related are they? I used to do powerlifting and trained under a former world champion. (To be clear, I was strong *for me*, but not strong in the context of actual strong people.) In that world, I can say definitively that muscle strength and control are ...

A really quick glance at the internet showed me a whole bunch of 12-inch ones for over $500 to $1,000 (but I suppose I've always been a bottom feeder, and I'm not going to tell any of you what I paid for some of my instruments). For me, those would be both too small and too expensive. (When desktop ...

djwpe wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:22 pm I was intimately involved in the renovation (managed the MEP design for LIncoln Center) and I’m still there pretty frequently finishing up commissioning.

Hey Don, what is the MEP design? What does that mean?

I forgot, the other new Alex 163 I know was from binlove, he sold it a few years ago... It was all I could do to not buy it. Out of budget, but excessively pretty! It was a sweet tuba. I kept it for a while after I stopped using it just because I liked looking at it. But I can’t afford decorations t ...

(Even) when designated principal tuba, I always grab the second part, I always play it on F tuba, and I always play that low F - near the beginning - with all six valves, and the fifth valve triggered out, for accurate tuning. Has there ever been an occasion where chair one uses a contrabass and ...

I'm glad to know your content isn't lost. I can understand your desire to consolidate everything into a booklet style compilation, but I will miss getting fed little tidbits every day. Seeing your name bumping those threads always made me a little more excited.