Cheapest tuba mute ever is a KFC chicken bucket.

Yes! I can do the same on my King! All my life I needed to use 1-2 on middle line D on both the MW 25 and the Amati 486. My King is perfectly in tune open! It shouldn’t be but it is!

King rules! BBb rules! Belwin Band Builder RULES!

asking price is a bit too rich for me personally (no "flippin' room, that I can see)...and - hey - I've demoted myself to BB-flat, so... BUY IT AND CUT IT TO D !!! :smilie7: https://www.ebay.com/itm/197112552598 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Rv0AAOSwBfpn1ea9/s-l1600.png They’re willing to take o ...

Dr. Green- a fine and scholarly post sir! You make a fine argument. I had never heard the recording arpthark posted before. After having listened to it, I totally buy into your assertion that Catelinet was still adjusting to tuba playing. I actually couldn’t believe it was him judging by the tone. ...

This subject has come up before here, and I have written about it before here. So here we go again! One of the biggest difficulties in composing music comes when one must compose for an instrument that one is not familiar with. Most music majors take a course called something like “Orchestration”, ...

This is the new case from the top.
This shows the interior, the fit, and the included accessories.
This shows the back with the backpack straps.

[quote=DonO. post_id=104984 time=<a href="tel:1740098365">1740098365</a> user_id=720] free leather mouthpiece pouch Are the dyes they use sulfur free? Cause sulfur tarnishes silver. [/quote] That is a very good question! I don’t know. But I have been considering switching to a stainless steel m ...

…and I couldn’t be happier! I guess I don’t need to tell most of you about what a nice case this is! First of all, it was a 14 week wait, give or take. Secondly, this was purchased so that I could easily carry my “small horn” (Kanstul 3/4 size 3 valve) to practices. I often take it for practice and r ...

Their current bag is billed as a 3/4 sized bag, but it is a bit roomy for most true 3/4 horns. Maybe they could offer a couple different sized pads for the smaller ones? The sizes that come to mind would be something 186-ish, something King 2341/Eastman 632-ish, and something 6/4 Yorkophone sized ...

I found an easy solution. I play rotors. I found the kerosene ones like blue juice don't even last a rehearsal, when I had pistons. I went to the very expensive but long lasting Alisyn, which I also used in my horn (a tuba is not a horn; it is a tuba. A horn is a horn.) This topic has come up ...

They DEFINITELY should offer something for the 3/4 size tubas. Say around 16-16 1/2” bell and 34-35” high/long, proportioned appropriately in the other dimensions. Funny, bloke says he has mentioned this to them before. If they offered this size I’ll bet they’d sell a ton. He is right to be confused. ...

Late to the party but… when I started my comeback trail and bought my King 2341, the paperwork said that it came from the factory “lightly lubricated with synthetic lubricants”. Now, there doesn’t seem to be King branded synthetic valve oil, there are Conn and Bach branded synthetics, so I logically ...

Yes, my paddles were that shape. That’s what I meant by Chiclet shape. A rounded square, if you will. (For those not as old as I, or perhaps out of the USA, “Chiclets” are a brand of sugar-coated square shaped chewing gum that used to be sold in the USA and, to my knowledge, no longer available. I’m ...

I too used to own an ABB 481. I miss it and wish I’d never sold it! My understanding is that it was branded Amati but was actually made by Cerveny. For some reason these were marketed as Amati in the 1980’s. I bought mine at Tuba Exchange in North Carolina. Some years later Cerveny instruments were u ...

Measure twice, cut once! Remember, it’s a lot harder to put it on than to take it off!

To elaborate on what scottw said, these notes represent altered tones that don’t naturally occur in C. As such, they have to occupy a certain position in a scale melodically and a certain position in a chord harmonically. Would it be simpler from the player’s perspective if the arranger had just wri ...

I am seriously considering attending if at all possible. However, I am quite the babe in the woods about the arrangements. The last time I went was decades ago and I only went for the day. This time I would want to stay for the whole thing. So I have tons of questions. 1. Do you have to pre register ...

I own their 3/4 size BBb 3 valve. I think very highly of it. I use it in situations when I know space will be cramped. Good quality construction, nice tone for its size. Only two things I dislike about it are 1. It’s quite the water collector 2. I miss having a fourth valve. I actually like it well e ...

I think I see red rot in the first valve knuckle?

Matt Gaunt, who has owned a whole myriad of tubas over the years, is a talented musician, and someone who I would say knows what makes a good tuba more than anyone in the field said this: “Fun time playing tubas today at Midwest. My faves today included the Miraphone 291 Bruckner, new 5/4 Eastman c ...