Decided not to sell.

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A number of years ago I was asked by a software developer to do an update article to the Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration book that many owners of the sound library in question used as a guide. The content of my update revolved around the increase in bore size of brass instruments over time, especially...

The kids are clapping on 1 and 3...

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I first crossed paths with Howard in 1969 through Walter Sear ( I played tuba then). Even though I was a green kid fresh out of high school, he treated me with great amounts of encouragement, invited me to a few rehearsals, and allowed me to attend a Gil Evans recording session. When I went off to c...

Whatever it was, I sold it.

You can open the thing up and take out ONE tube at a time. Each tube should have an ID such as 12AX7, 6BA6, etc. Make note of each ID, replace the tube, go on to the next & let me know the IDs. Having said that, I might not hold out too much hope for an accurately performing device for reasons I...

Did you also receive a manual? Tube gear from that era often has problems beyond the tubes. These problems stem principally from dried-out electrolytic capacitors, most critically any capacitors associated with a unit’s power supply. When I acquire a “boatanchor” radio from the ‘40s or ‘50s, I start...

I have hundreds of tubes for my older amateur radio sets.
If you need anything, perhaps we can work a deal for some
Blokewashers or that mythical euphonium Blokepiece.

Not even the beauty of Sasha Banks will make me watch that stuff...

We just passed the 100th Anniversary of the birth of the great Dave Brubeck. His theme for the '60s show "Mr. Broadway" was a fast 3/4 time Blues, but couldn't save the show. I couldn't find a video of the show featuring the theme, but here's the THEME FROM MR. BROADWAY. Of course, it feat...

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:17 pm Old old old is the ancient pyramid of Memphis

...and Memphis, Indiana has a population of 695.

You can talk about music all you want, but here is the REAL essence of Memphis

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:15 pm Where did it go? Nothing showing here.

MA,
If you have an adblocker running, the video won't appear.
Jim

To ACE (the OP) and all others... Please do NOT let the naysayers talk you out of playing any damn piece of music you want. If you do perform it in public, people may leave with a very favorable impression of your musicianship and the sound of the tuba. Even if you DON'T perform it in public, you wi...

I can't find that on imslp, wish I could. Lovely, lovely. I didn't hear anything that couldn't be done on an F tuba. However.....either there is something dramatically wrong with my ear today (I am rarely off if there is a piano in the recording) or I hear him playing an E harmonic on the G string,...

UncleBeer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:12 pm

Jim Williams wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:23 pm @UncleBeer did you ever come across Buzz?

Nope.

I keep forgetting...you're MUCH younger than I am.

The young shy boy in this video was Bruce (Buzz) Podewell, who went on to two careers: one as a trad jazz banjo artist and one as a very successful and admired Professor of Theatre at Tulane Univ. I had the pleasure to work with Buzz in 1969-70 in Your Father's Mustache, a banjo-band night club in t...