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MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:48 am We had our rehearsal Monday night. With the bell cover, I had a tough time 'feeling' like the sound was getting out there, but apparently the conductor was satisfied. I noted bell covers, both commercial and home made, on all the brasses. Saxes and clarinets had sock-type things slipped over the bells. Guess I didn't pay much attention to the flutes, except that most of them were playing with face shields on. There were about 50 of us in the band room, 6 feet (more or less) apart, and another (implied) 30-50 participating on-line. I guess it was ok, but the experience wasn't as fulfilling as it should have been. I'll stick with them thru this fall concert in November, then see what happens with my other bands, though I suppose everyone will be running these covid-compliant rehearsals until someone decides what the end-game will be and we achieve that.
Any of you out there in South Dakota doing band rehearsals? What's the report?
Tim "covid-schmovid, soon to be a rebel" Tuba

Yadent wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:54 pm Do understand, although not widely reported, actually not reported on much at all, the US was in an influenza epidemic from January till August of this year......what one thought was ‘the virus’ may have been influenza.

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html

tofu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:54 pm Okay - I don't know how big they make it - but what about using a pair of really mega large women's nylon elastic waist sheer black panty hose? Fit it to the bell rim and knot the legs close to the top of the bell and cut off the legs just past the knots (so it doesn't look totally ridiculous )

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:31 am

tofu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:54 pm Okay - I don't know how big they make it - but what about using a pair of really mega large women's nylon elastic waist sheer black panty hose? Fit it to the bell rim and knot the legs close to the top of the bell and cut off the legs just past the knots (so it doesn't look totally ridiculous )

Not a bad idea.
I had considered a really large pair of men's boxers (let's see, 20 inch bell = 60 in waist boxers...) and having Sandy sew the legs and fly shut. I'm thinking that both the boxers and the panty hose would be easy targets for (and well deserving of) plenty of jokes.
I don't have a problem with that.

Tim

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:31 am

tofu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:54 pm Okay - I don't know how big they make it - but what about using a pair of really mega large women's nylon elastic waist sheer black panty hose? Fit it to the bell rim and knot the legs close to the top of the bell and cut off the legs just past the knots (so it doesn't look totally ridiculous )

Not a bad idea.
I had considered a really large pair of men's boxers (let's see, 20 inch bell = 60 in waist boxers...) and having Sandy sew the legs and fly shut. I'm thinking that both the boxers and the panty hose would be easy targets for (and well deserving of) plenty of jokes.
I don't have a problem with that.

Tim

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:17 am Tim

tofu wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:54 pm Okay - I don't know how big they make it - but what about using a pair of really mega large women's nylon elastic waist sheer black panty hose? Fit it to the bell rim and knot the legs close to the top of the bell and cut off the legs just past the knots (so it doesn't look totally ridiculous )

This would deflect any possibility of actual droplets getting out while letting the column of air out of the horn with little resistance. Personally, I think it's hard to believe bodily fluids can travel 18 feet out the horn plus the additional feet required to get to a socially distanced band mate, but bands are scrambling to find the best way forward.

We just found out from the city that unbeknownst to us there is a switch in our performance center that turns on 2 huge exhaust stacks in our performance center - apparently high volume high velocity- although no one knows why they were designed into the build - so with the front door open it would pull large amounts of outside air in and pull up the air surrounding the band and exhaust it outside the top of the building. So now the debate is if it's a good (safe) idea with it getting dark earlier of pulling rehearsals onto the stage from out in front on the grass in the open air. The city is green lighting 50 people inside which is half the band.

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:48 am We had our rehearsal Monday night. With the bell cover, I had a tough time 'feeling' like the sound was getting out there, but apparently the conductor was satisfied. I noted bell covers, both commercial and home made, on all the brasses. Saxes and clarinets had sock-type things slipped over the bells. Guess I didn't pay much attention to the flutes, except that most of them were playing with face shields on. There were about 50 of us in the band room, 6 feet (more or less) apart, and another (implied) 30-50 participating on-line. I guess it was ok, but the experience wasn't as fulfilling as it should have been. I'll stick with them thru this fall concert in November, then see what happens with my other bands, though I suppose everyone will be running these covid-compliant rehearsals until someone decides what the end-game will be and we achieve that.
Any of you out there in South Dakota doing band rehearsals? What's the report?
Tim "covid-schmovid, soon to be a rebel" Tuba

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:37 am
Or the polite, hiding what you're really feeling, "that's interesting."

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:23 pm Brad,
Yeah, that bag looks about right, and you're wise to cut it down - mine has wayyy to much fabric being not used. I used a couple of giant rubber bands to hold things out of the way, but removing fabric is much smarter.
What's that pancake place over by Guitar Center? I need to get back there.
Tim

MN_TimTuba wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:24 pm

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:37 am
Or the polite, hiding what you're really feeling, "that's interesting."

Brett,
Ah, I see you've been reading "How To Speak Minnesotan". A hilarious book - and frighteningly accurate!
But, ok, then.
Tim

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:58 pm I sure hope the clarinet, sax, and flute players can keep all of the holes covered on the sides of their instruments!

bloke wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:21 am

bort2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:58 pm I sure hope the clarinet, sax, and flute players can keep all of the holes covered on the sides of their instruments!

Stop mocking the narrative; I’m deeply offended, and am considering forwarding a screenshot of this post to the WHO.