How many years?

[matt g]

~35 years.

[GC]

Tuba 57 years
Bass 51 years

[kingrob76]

Tuba - 41+ years

I ignore the 3.5 years on Alto Sax as a quaalude-induced hallucination someone gave me when they laced my Snack Pack Pudding in 6th grade.

[Teubonium]

Euphonium 74 years

Tuba 69 years

Trombone 67 years

[bort2.0]

Euphonium 74 years

Tuba 69 years

Trombone 67 years

Fantastic!

Can I ask how old you were when you started euph?

[BopEuph]

60. And I mostly enjoyed it. Ed

As did everyone I meet in town. You were always the guy to look up to, they said!

[rodgeman]

43 on all low brass

[Tubeast]

Music: 50 Years (if operating a record player at age 2, wearing down a "Deutsche Grammophon"-recording of Prokofiew´s "Peter and the Wolf" counts)
If this doesn´t count:
Music: 44 years (started singing in choir)
Brass: 40 years (quit singing and started on flugelhorn)
Tuba: 33 years (quit flugelhorn / trumpet and started on BBb)
F-Tuba: 30 years and counting. (quit BBb for a while and switched over)
CC-Tuba: 6 years (owned and played one from 2004 to 2009, in addition to F)
BBb-Tuba again: from 2009 and counting.

[davidgilbreath]

59 years

[WC8KCY]

Organ: 48 years
Clarinet: 42 years
Horn: 41 years
Tuba: 41 years
Trombone and cornet, as doubles: 41 years
Euphonium: 39 years

[dp]

Choir Spring 1965 I was 9 y.o.
Clarinet Fall 1967
Tuba Fall 1970

[Ace]

87 years old. Playing trumpets 76 years. French horns 34 years. Tubas and bass trombones 28 years.

Ace

[cjk]

years playing the tuba, maybe 35-ish?

Where are all the kids at?


Is there an obvious generational divide between the old site and here?

[topherls]

53

[Stryk]

Tuba 51
Guitar 53

[Kevbach33]

Tuba - 7 years, 6th-12th grades, then hiatus until 2021, so 9 years total except for the annual alumni game after graduation
Bass guitar - 1 year, then dropped interest for...
Trombone (general) - 11 years total, with hiatus from 2015-19 except occasional spot subbing, split as such:
Tenor - 5 ish years, started in 8th grade (only), then from late 2018-present
Bass trombone - 8 years, 9th grade through 3 years of college, hiatus between 2015-2022 except occasional spot subbing
Euphonium - <1 month! (Will likely be on again, off again)

I had to take a break from all playing in 2015 due to my living situation and work during the times listed, plus I didn't own a tuba until 2021.

Am I a tuba player that happens to play trombone more often, or am I a trombone player that happens to be excellent (per peers) on tuba?

[acemorgan]

54 years.

[Thomas]

"Other" instruments:
Piano (discontinued lessons after 10 years): 37
Guitar & Bass Guitar (rarely used and limited skills but I like to play): 30
Trombone (rarely used): 25

Main instruments (90% Tuba since I started playing):
Tenorhorn/Euphonium: 33
Tuba: 30

[Kirley]

Trombone: 29 years
BBb Tuba: 28 years (with a 5 year break during and just past college)
Eb Tuba: 0.5 years

I’m really enjoying bass tuba. It’s going to be perfect for one of the groups I play with (a nonet that has an upright bass). First I need a bit more fluency and then I need a better instrument. The old, leaky Holton I’m borrowing is perfect for learning but it’s not a performance level instrument.

[Mary Ann]

Depends. Playing what? My instrument (don't even know how to define that at this point) or any instrument? Started piano lessons at 6. 73 - 6 = 67. I could put a list of all of them but that would be a bit silly.