A South Bend 10" with a 5c collet closer is a very handy machine. I’ve never used a lathe with collets - only three, four, and six-jawed chucks - would think the attraction is if you’re doing a lot of work with the same diameter round stock. And perhaps more rigid mounting in the headstock. Ge ...

There still are some squirrelly things up above the staff, but when Mark and I were comparing notes, I found them to be rather mouthpiece-sensitive in that range. Or, it's me that's mouthpiece-sensitive in that range. Pulling mine out to do that note-comparing meant that the Hirsbrunner is going to ...

What you do is to call the section of mouthpipe - that goes inside the bell and back out - the "resonator". It would need a fairing over it, like an airfoil, to minimize turbulence. Then, you could call it an anti-turbulence resonator. If you sell it well enough, people will install just the ...

York-aholic wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:47 pm ^^^

@Doc that first picture is great. You always looks so relaxed when you play!

It's the beer.

Rick "we'll meet in person some day and I'll buy you one" Denney

I've concluded that even the top orchestral musicians put together a career of side hustles. They teach at the local university, they maintain a studio of students. In the off-season, they teach at a summer music program. They sub in other orchestras as available. And more and more of them maintain ...

...From the same producer as the Yamaha 621 F-tuba, that was discussed here earlier (Tianjin Jessy Musical Instruments).... Where was that discussed? The only mention of Tianjin factories (and Tianjin is one of the main industrial production cities in China) is Jin Bao, and no reference at all to ...

For me, playability means that reasonable general fundamentals are enough to get a good sound with acceptable intonation. Professional tubas are not necessarily easier to play, but they get marginally better results for people bringing special skills in addition to reasonable general fundamentals ...

The mute was designed by Walter Sear, and he is pictured demonstrating it in Bevan. Rick "whose first response to the question about the valve spatulas was 'ugly'" Denney You're very close, Rick! Check your Bevan one more time. :teeth: Maybe it was Rex Connor. My books are too disorganized to find ...

The mute was designed by Walter Sear, and he is pictured demonstrating it in Bevan.

Rick "whose first response to the question about the valve spatulas was 'ugly'" Denney

Fred Young's mouthpieces are rare and interesting, but not because I'd want to routinely play one. But I can't think of a single "rare" mouthpiece I've played that isn't matched or bettered by something currently available, if one just wants something to play. Rick "avoided the never-ending ...

I read a lot of books (words, not music). While a write when needed and consider myself competent but not artistic, I really enjoy the words written by those who are as good at writing as I am at reading and appreciating what they have written. I'm not a composer, and if I'm going to play an ...

My Holton has the standard (for PhatBAT's) partial leadpipe wrap, but one would need gorilla arms to reach the valves if it didn't. But, you know, that floor stand seems to solve a lot of the problems people report with this issue. I use a stand for bigger contrabass tubas even when they have the ...

Unrelated to the Bach Cello Suites specifically, but Harry Salotti just published "200 Melodies for Tuba" as an online pair of volumes. Some of the tunes are for beginners and some are just too cheesy. But there's a wide mix of genres including selections from Baroque, Classical, and Romantic ...

Blake, I was thinking of the applied shield logo instead of it being stamped. And also the small bell (relative to the body).

Both the ball and the figured keel look old to me.

Rick “just a gut reaction” Denney

The one on offer doesn't look as old as the one you linked, which appears to me to be at least a hundred years old, and likely even older to before WWI. But I could be totally misreading the clues. Schüster is one of those mid-size manufacturers that was big enough to have a real factory (steam- ...

Back when I owned the Sanders/Cerveny dent magnet, I was using an Altieri bag for it, and the particularly vulnerable spot was the outer branch, which is usually what hits the ground first when carrying the bag by the handle. (We're talking mid-80's.) I went the fabric store and then the outdoor ...

BRS wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:03 pm I like Evapo-Rust. I’ve had good luck with it on funky old tools I’ve bought. After the Evapo-Rust, some 0000 steel wool followed by Fluid Film usually works wonders.


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Yup. Warm it and it works even better.

Rick “rust removal by chelation” Denney

I don't see any difference, if it falls bell down = bell will be smashed. https://img.kleinanzeigen.de/api/v1/prod-ads/images/19/19c9a3a4-15c7-4de3-9b4c-ef821910e415?rule=$_59.JPG Would it be any better in a gig bag? Rick “again: it’s not a flight case” Denney It would be 10 kg lighter and 500 dolla ...

peterbas wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:38 pm I don't see any difference, if it falls bell down = bell will be smashed.

Would it be any better in a gig bag?

Rick “again: it’s not a flight case” Denney

... I have seen those old plywood cases for a big Miraphone Kaiser Bb tuba :gaah: :gaah: New ones might be better designed, but it is surely going to be over 10 kg. I've certainly seen some terrible old wood cases, for sure. And terrible old and new plastic cases, too. But this style is different ...