My Tuba & I, Post Yours & You

[hup_d_dup]

Me and the 4/4. I'm a small man.

Is this a left-handed tuba, or is the picture backwards?

Hup

[the elephant]

@Yorkboy

Yes, 1986 World Series to be exact. I was playing in a trad jazz band hired by the Mets at the stadium at that time.

Then we have posed in front of the same display! And yeah, that guy parachuted in right over our heads! The US Army Band of New York City played the pre-game music out on the field at game 2! Afterward, for the game, we sat in the left-field Press bleachers. What a great time!





Note the JumboTron…


This was the ticker tape parade they held after the series was finished (and the Mets had won!!!). This appeared in the Times evening edition that night, and I purchased the photo from the photographer about ten yers ago when I stumbled across it in an online gallery of his. The physical photo is poster-sized. (I had to get it scanned professionally.) The full-sized scan can be blown up eough to see the high school class ring on my finger!

[matt g]

@the elephant, that parade photo is sweet. Congratulations on finding that.

[tobysima`]

Me and the 4/4. I'm a small man.

Is this a left-handed tuba, or is the picture backwards?

Hup

Picture is backwards!

[Yorkboy]

@Yorkboy

Yes, 1986 World Series to be exact. I was playing in a trad jazz band hired by the Mets at the stadium at that time.

Then we have posed in front of the same display! And yeah, that guy parachuted in right over our heads! The US Army Band of New York City played the pre-game music out on the field at game 2! Afterward, for the game, we sat in the left-field Press bleachers. What a great time!





Note the JumboTron…


This was the ticker tape parade they held after the series was finished (and the Mets had won!!!). This appeared in the Times evening edition that night, and I purchased the photo from the photographer about ten yers ago when I stumbled across it in an online gallery of his. The physical photo is poster-sized. (I had to get it scanned professionally.) The full-sized scan can be blown up eough to see the high school class ring on my finger!

It's a small world sometimes, isn't it?

[Yorkboy]

@Yorkboy

Yes, 1986 World Series to be exact. I was playing in a trad jazz band hired by the Mets at the stadium at that time.

Then we have posed in front of the same display! And yeah, that guy parachuted in right over our heads! The US Army Band of New York City played the pre-game music out on the field at game 2! Afterward, for the game, we sat in the left-field Press bleachers. What a great time!





Note the JumboTron…


This was the ticker tape parade they held after the series was finished (and the Mets had won!!!). This appeared in the Times evening edition that night, and I purchased the photo from the photographer about ten yers ago when I stumbled across it in an online gallery of his. The physical photo is poster-sized. (I had to get it scanned professionally.) The full-sized scan can be blown up eough to see the high school class ring on my finger!

It's a small world sometimes, isn't it? Little did I know that I was watching the elephant perform in front of my eyes (and I do remember seeing your band on the field, wishing I was down there playing too)

[the elephant]

[tobysima`]

Me and the 4/4. I'm a small man.

Is this a left-handed tuba, or is the picture backwards?

Hup

I'm a righty all the way!

[matt g]

Disappointment is on the way...

Myself and the 4/4...


Myself and the 6/4...


Marc. N4 on the 4/4. Blokepiece on the 6/4. Doggie hiding in the blankets.

[Kirley]

Old-style King 2341
And a 1942 King 2B Silvertone trombone and a Yamaha student model trumpet (for demonstration purposes only!)

[Yorkboy]

A Holton mammoth BBb - I'll have knee problems for 1000 Alex...

Funny you should metion knee issues - my left knee is now permanently screwed up from the weight of various tubas (especially one 6/4 weighing in at 34 lbs) resting on it with a grip pad, over the years.

For anything over a 4/4 horn, a tuba rest (DEG) is mandatory equipment.

[bloke]

Dude...
This isn't Home Improvement.

Old-style King 2341
And a 1942 King 2B Silvertone trombone and a Yamaha student model trumpet (for demonstration purposes only!)

[Three Valves]

Old-style King 2341
And a 1942 King 2B Silvertone trombone and a Yamaha student model trumpet (for demonstration purposes only!)

Do you juggle them or make them disappear as part of your act??

[Three Valves]

1977 Carter Inaugural Parade. AI DuPont HS Tiger Marching Band. I’m the ah, first Sousa from the left...

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[MN_TimTuba]

With my one and only tuba, 1966 6/4 Holton 345 BBb. Fronting our newly formed Dixieland Band, premier performance last week. Plenty of fun, we'll be doing this again!

[prairieboy1]

That's a terrific picture! Your Holton 345 BBb looks great!

[prairieboy1]

A Holton mammoth BBb - I'll have knee problems for 1000 Alex...

Such a beautiful horn! A "Keeper" for sure!

[ole_irgens]

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Me and my CC horn :)

[KingTuba1241X]

Old-style King 2341
And a 1942 King 2B Silvertone trombone and a Yamaha student model trumpet (for demonstration purposes only!)

Lovely old King...

[Doc]

Come on, new members... Where are your photos?