Grumpikins wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:29 am New to me, begun around 2000, DCA held a "mini corps" competitive class. Small groups compete on a stage. I found this enticing as it's more applicable for middle to older people. Will this dissapear as DCA is absorbed?

This sounds like DCI's Soundsport venue.

If you could bring it to NYC TubaXmas I'd be into it for $50 just for a cool room decoration...

It's the perfect timing with the cymbal crash that really makes it...

The order form for organizers lists: Treble Clef - 6 x 8 Tuba in Eb & Bb - 2 Lower parts (The treble clef tuba book is for European, Salvation Army, British Brass Band players, enlarged not available). (Unique music- call before ordering) I should have just ordered a couple of copies, but anyone ...

I'm local-ish to this, if anyone here needs local hands... Can deliver to NYC TubaXmas...

arpthark wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:44 am
I have heard these take quite a while to process and ship.

Entirely possible... the TC Mothership seems to be struggling with demand again...

Kennedy Center out. (Even 5 years ago I'd only go if I got parking indoors.) ...is there any other kind of parking at the Kennedy Center? Strathmore (Rockville) Weinberg (Frederick) in. Come up and join us at Westminster on 12/2. 2nd year for the event. We had 24 players last year. Even better, hop ...

You can apparently now buy these direct from the TC mothership's online(!) store. https://tubachristmas.myshopify.com/products/music-for-a-merry-tubachristmas Where are you at? A local organizer might have them on-hand and be able to save you on shipping. I have (new) copies of all of the BC/TC ...

... but then they continue to twist it after they bust it loose until the lower mouthpipe tube resembles a peppermint stick, that's why I continue to believe that a whole bunch of these kids are using weed. I just can't conceive of any other viable explanation. Having seen this happen a couple of ...

Additional Stop added at the Delaware House rest area, near Newark, DE, for folks out in that neck of the woods.

Dang - would have liked to make this one this year but overlaps with our community band concert :(

What level of functionality do you need? Wife is probably OK parting with the one missing the pistons that I posted about in another thread.

OK, dumb question time - I've never really understood what "false tones" are, and googling hasn't turned up any answers. In my 40 years (yikes!) of playing, I've never really had 'lessons' per-se other than middle-school "learn how to play" - and never from a tuba-centric teacher, so I've never ...

Those are new horns that Mack imports. I can't say if they're built to their own specification or just selected from the available models that the factory produces or what. Mack is a pretty lean operation - they import, sell, and ship out to buyers. I've had their 210 model for about 2 years now and ...

Wife and I will be there - hopefully via the Bus we're organizing along with 40 or so tuba friends. If not enough, then guess we drive up and back. Or maybe Amtrak...

Which bag was this? Assume it fit the Couesnon horn well?

I've seen demos of - but have zero experience with, silver electro-plating where you kind of 'paint' on the plating (using a silver-bearing solution and the appropriate conductive tools + power supply). Curious if that would work on something like this or not?

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:23 pm Hrmm... NYC TubaChristmas with even more people than usual? I'm good...

Jeeze, you move away from Baltimore to the mid-west and suddenly don't like people?

OK, that's pretty typical - carry on.

For the 50th NYC TubaChristmas this year, we figured there might be enough interested to put a bus trip together to make the trip easier for folks from this area. Details are up at https://xmas.tubas.net/nycbus For the tl;dr - this is a day-trip leaving from Westminster MD, stopping in White Marsh ...

Try this link - I got there w/o a login by searching for 'sousaphone' from their main page.

https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/aucti ... uc=3356091

Pickup location is Univ of Florida, in Gainesville.