Your Other “Gig Bag”

[Rick Denney]

I have a neoprene lunch bag from a local grocery store in which I put my mouthpiece, music glasses, valve oil, pencil, ipad page turner, black towel, and other little bits. There's an open space next to the bell and above the upper bow in the gig bag, and I put that lunch bag in that spot only because it is a quarter inch of soft neoprene.

The floor stand goes in a similarly well-padded bag in the bell of the tuba.

The ipad goes in the outer pocket of my Goetz Supersac. The pocket under the shoulder straps will fit a standard full-size music folder, but these days I'm usually using the ipad and I have backup paper copies (only) in the pocket.

The gig bag goes over my right shoulder. The only thing I carry in my other hand is the music stand.

When I was playing gigs with my Yamaha F tuba, which has its own hard plastic case, I carried an additional bag. Had to--it had no pocket. In that bag, which was a cloth brief case giveaway from a professional society meeting, I put my harness, mouthpiece, oil, towel, music, small rawhide hammer, screwdriver, and whatever else. I often though of how I could attach a bag to the outside of that plastic case, but was never motivated enough to actually figure something out.

Rick "mock the floor stand all you want" Denney

[bloke]

politely-worded question - for those considering buying a 2-lbs-lighter (with weight being the primary consideration) tuba, YET who carry six mouthpieces around with them:

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING !?!?!?

[tokuno]

...Just remember to change the batteries in the little box.

No batteries involved - those push-button keylocks are old-school purely mechanical devices. Similar device to those that realtors clamp outside their listed houses to provide access to each other.
Thanks for remembering - the horn's all good.

[Three Valves]

I carry a gimme bag I picked up at some event. It may have been a ball game or races at Laurel Park. I'll check when I get home.

Seems like one never knows when there will be enough music stands so I keep my collapsible in there, along with music folder, mouthpiece, paper towels, valve oil, water, tuner etc.

Yup, Laurel Park