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by the elephant
Sun Jun 21, 2026 9:33 pm
Forum: Repairs & Modifications
Topic: Fix, parts, or scrap?
Replies: 12
Views: 372

Re: Fix, parts, or scrap?

True…
by the elephant
Fri Jun 19, 2026 8:50 am
Forum: Repairs & Modifications
Topic: Fix, parts, or scrap?
Replies: 12
Views: 372

Re: Fix, parts, or scrap?

I'll take it if you don't want it.

:coffee:
by the elephant
Thu Jun 18, 2026 2:20 pm
Forum: Repairs & Modifications
Topic: a strategy for permanently installing a 5th rotor (whereby the rotor is easily removable for servicing)
Replies: 2
Views: 155

Re: a strategy for permanently installing a 5th rotor (whereby the rotor is easily removable for servicing)

Do you mean the rotor and back bearing plate are accessible for removal from the casing, or that the entire valve and slide assembly is removable as a unit? I usually do the latter. This gives me a lot more flexibility as to location and clocking, as well as slide wrap. I just remove the whole ...
by the elephant
Mon Jun 15, 2026 11:37 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Christmas Medley #2 - Up for Grabs!
Replies: 3
Views: 267

Re: Christmas Medley #2 - Up for Grabs!

Found some small mistakes. (missing accents, extra accents, poorly aligned hairpins/dynamic markings, etc.) New version out Wednesday. Thanks to my staff of unpaid editors for the help!
by the elephant
Mon Jun 15, 2026 4:06 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: R.I.P. Rudi Meinl Sr
Replies: 5
Views: 443

Re: R.I.P. Rudi Meinl Sr

Wow, what a shame. He was a man I wanted to meet for years. I met Gerhard Meinl and Peter Hirsbrunner, but never him. Rest in peace, sir.
by the elephant
Sun Jun 14, 2026 8:47 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Christmas Medley #2 - Up for Grabs!
Replies: 3
Views: 267

Christmas Medley #2 - Up for Grabs!

Here is another medley of my shorter arrangements. It weighs in with a better (more realistic) length, at around 7:30. It has some lesser-known tunes, so not really kid-friendly, but old farts will know many of them, and older farts also tend to be more accepting of new ideas like French carols not ...
by the elephant
Sun Jun 14, 2026 5:26 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Per Request: A Christmas Medley of My Too-Short Pieces
Replies: 4
Views: 246

Re: Per Request: A Christmas Medley of My Too-Short Pieces

Sounds like a late-1960s composition for tuba, reel-to-reel tape, and bowed bedpan.

:coffee:
by the elephant
Sun Jun 14, 2026 1:43 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Per Request: A Christmas Medley of My Too-Short Pieces
Replies: 4
Views: 246

Re: Per Request: A Christmas Medley of My Too-Short Pieces

ALSO: Title suggestions?

Candy Canes and Water Keys

If Snow is on Your Corno, It's Christmas Again

Red Rot and Tinsel

Tuba Bells

Holiday Horn Flakes


It has been Merry and Bright, but I am not crazy about that.

:coffee:
by the elephant
Sun Jun 14, 2026 11:34 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Limited Time - Free for Testing
Replies: 5
Views: 475

Re: Limited Time - Free for Testing

Come on, people! IT'S JUNE! Where's your Christmas Spirit? BAHAHAHA!!!

Bump!
by the elephant
Sun Jun 14, 2026 9:51 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Per Request: A Christmas Medley of My Too-Short Pieces
Replies: 4
Views: 246

Per Request: A Christmas Medley of My Too-Short Pieces

This one ought to be called "Merry Cease and Desistmas"…

Please don't bother listening to this on a phone. Use good speakers, or it will sound like the crap that normally comes out of phones. Seriously.

The craptacular MIDI file cannot be tweaked to be any better. It is what it is: a reference ...
by the elephant
Sat Jun 13, 2026 3:19 pm
Forum: For Sale or Trade: Tubas, Euphoniums, Mouthpieces, and Accessories
Topic: .
Replies: 33
Views: 3394

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by the elephant
Sat Jun 13, 2026 6:09 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Limited Time - Free for Testing
Replies: 5
Views: 475

Re: Limited Time - Free for Testing

Wow! Some fast responses about the typo and the two spacing suggestions, and made the adjustments. Amended version posted above…

Any PLAYING/ARRANGING suggestions? This one seems to be pretty solid right out of the gate.

As to the question, this was in my quartet book for years. I revisited that ...
by the elephant
Fri Jun 12, 2026 9:05 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Limited Time - Free for Testing
Replies: 5
Views: 475

Limited Time - Free for Testing

If you have a summer quintet and are willing to read one of my arrangements, here is the newest addition to the Christmas set.

O Holy Night

printable parts

reference audio
by the elephant
Fri Jun 12, 2026 8:12 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Did Someone in D/FW Send Me a Package?
Replies: 7
Views: 1046

Re: Did Someone in D/FW Send Me a Package?

Bueller?

Bueller?

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by the elephant
Thu Jun 11, 2026 3:29 pm
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Did Someone in D/FW Send Me a Package?
Replies: 7
Views: 1046

Re: Did Someone in D/FW Send Me a Package?

I'm in a small town in Mississippi. I am lucky to get mail at all, ever. Terrible!
by the elephant
Thu Jun 11, 2026 12:11 pm
Forum: Off-Site Deals and Ads
Topic: Vintage Mirafone 186 rough shape
Replies: 3
Views: 1010

Re: Vintage Mirafone 186 rough shape

Made in early 1968.
by the elephant
Thu Jun 11, 2026 11:32 am
Forum: Music Chatter
Topic: Did Someone in D/FW Send Me a Package?
Replies: 7
Views: 1046

Did Someone in D/FW Send Me a Package?

USPS, inbound from Dallas on Saturday…

Who sent me this? Please PM me ASAP. I might not be here to accept it, and we have a whole crew of Porch Pirates in my 'hood.
by the elephant
Thu Jun 11, 2026 12:08 am
Forum: For Sale or Trade: Tubas, Euphoniums, Mouthpieces, and Accessories
Topic: .
Replies: 33
Views: 3394

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by the elephant
Wed Jun 10, 2026 9:03 am
Forum: For Sale or Trade: Tubas, Euphoniums, Mouthpieces, and Accessories
Topic: .
Replies: 33
Views: 3394

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by the elephant
Wed Jun 10, 2026 7:54 am
Forum: For Sale or Trade: Tubas, Euphoniums, Mouthpieces, and Accessories
Topic: .
Replies: 33
Views: 3394

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