oh, and the bumpers did need replacing...
does your tuba play a little stuffy?
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does your tuba play a little stuffy?
i took my 186 to the shop last week, it just didn't feel like it played as it should. it felt a little stuffy. i thought the bumpers might need replacing and the valves aligned. i get a text this morning from Dustin saying ... remember you saying it felt like it played a little stuffy? look what i found! i'm glad it wasn't a BRA, my wife would never let me go to another band practice ever again
oh, and the bumpers did need replacing...
oh, and the bumpers did need replacing...
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- the elephant (Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:02 pm)
Miraphone 186 - King 2341 - JP179B - York & sons 1910 Eb - Meinl Weston 2145 - Wessex Festivo - King 2280
Play it with emotion and play it strong! Don't make a face and they won't know it's wrong!
Play it with emotion and play it strong! Don't make a face and they won't know it's wrong!
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Re: does your tuba play a little stuffy?
Minnie Pearl's purple tie?? 
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Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
Mack Brass Artiste
TU422L with TU25
1964 Conn 36k with CB Arnold Jacobs
Accent (By B&S) 952R with Bach12
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column
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Re: does your tuba play a little stuffy?
i don't know... i told him to trash it, i don't look good in purple
he said he didn't either. i texted the guy i bought the horn from and asked if he wanted it back. no response yet. 
Miraphone 186 - King 2341 - JP179B - York & sons 1910 Eb - Meinl Weston 2145 - Wessex Festivo - King 2280
Play it with emotion and play it strong! Don't make a face and they won't know it's wrong!
Play it with emotion and play it strong! Don't make a face and they won't know it's wrong!
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Re: does your tuba play a little stuffy?
off topic:
superb trumpet-playing friend who wears VERY brightly-colored ties:
"I HATE these things, but women like them...and they're cheaper than a cute dog.
ON topic:
roughly three decades ago, I was playing a quintet Christmas gig in an old historic Presby' church.
My F tuba's sound just wasn't "on", and I hadn't been practicing much at all.
I told myself (driving home), "Either I need to keep this playing-ability stuff up, or I need to hang it up."
A day or two later, I found a stuffed toy (probably a "Beanie Baby"...??) down in the bottom bow.
superb trumpet-playing friend who wears VERY brightly-colored ties:
"I HATE these things, but women like them...and they're cheaper than a cute dog.
ON topic:
roughly three decades ago, I was playing a quintet Christmas gig in an old historic Presby' church.
My F tuba's sound just wasn't "on", and I hadn't been practicing much at all.
I told myself (driving home), "Either I need to keep this playing-ability stuff up, or I need to hang it up."
A day or two later, I found a stuffed toy (probably a "Beanie Baby"...??) down in the bottom bow.
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