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I like cheese.

I thought we were discussing fundamental pitches, not harmonics, based on what the OP said.

bloke wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:01 pmI like cheese.

Is it still a thing to “+1?” Because +1 on that.

MiBrassFS wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 11:07 am

bloke wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:01 pmI like cheese.

Is it still a thing to “+1?” Because +1 on that.

This is a technique that - at least, in the past - has worked, as far as getting everyone participating in a thread to discuss the same topic.

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:24 pmThis is a technique that - at least, in the past - has worked, as far as getting everyone participating in a thread to discuss the same topic.

I’m fairly certain I remember when the cheese thing started on the other board…

I'm not that fond of cheese, or of wine for that matter, and can't figure out why people would, of all possible things, choose to eat wine and cheese, when they could, for example, eat chocolate chip cookies and Mexican coke. Sour and sweet, and I'll take sweet.

Quite a bit of really good cheese is also expensive cheese, but I would recommend trying the sharp white cheddar great value brand sold at Walmart in 2 lb blocks. They are only about $3.60 a pound (not too bad, considering the price of most all food is now 100% higher than it was 4 years ago) and it's just the right blend of flavor and zest. Of course, being a block of cheese there's no potato powder shaken over it as with pre-grated cheese.

I’m not much of a wine drinker or drinker of alcohol at all, really. Wine stuffs me up. Cheese falls generally into the savory classification. Some people are tuned more into sweet, some savory. I’m tuned much more into savory.
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Regarding volume of sound and ease of facility and flexibility on large (or any sized) tubas, I don’t necessarily link ease or difficultly of getting around on them to the size of tuba. I have played some big tubas that were akin to steering a dump truck full of bricks and some that were wonderfully flexible with great dynamic response. So, I understand and agree with bloke’s expressing of his current experiences. The challenge he’s describing does exist. Some tubas require a bit more energy input to get a satisfactory result. Some aren’t worth the extra effort. Those usually quickly fall into the “for sale” category.

Big tubas can be really good “old man” tubas yielding a lot of return on effort. You just have want to, and be able to, lug them around!

MiBrassFS wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:54 am I’m not much of a wine drinker or drinker of alcohol at all, really. Wine stuffs me up. Cheese falls generally into the savory classification. Some people are tuned more into sweet, some savory. I’m tuned much more into savory.
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Regarding volume of sound and ease of facility and flexibility on large (or any sized) tubas, I don’t necessarily link ease or difficultly of getting around on them to the size of tuba. I have played some big tubas that were akin to steering a dump truck full of bricks and some that were wonderfully flexible with great dynamic response. So, I understand and agree with bloke’s expressing of his current experiences. The challenge he’s describing does exist. Some tubas require a bit more energy input to get a satisfactory result. Some aren’t worth the extra effort. Those usually quickly fall into the “for sale” category.

Big tubas can be really good “old man” tubas yielding a lot of return on effort. You just have want to, and be able to, lug them around!

I am grateful that the local community band allows me to sit in with them at the rehearsals, because that gives me something to blow against with the large instrument in a large ensemble, and gauge the amount of sound I'm putting out. When we are home, we probably tend to play more confidentially. Sure I've got a lot of engagements that I play throughout the year, but the summer tends to be a time when there are fewer of those. That's a good thing, because I'm extremely busy doing repairs in the summer, but the community band rehearsals take up the slack for me in that regard. Occasionally I take the 32-in tall Holton tuba that I put together (with a 19-in bell and the 11/16 in bore). I'm always surprised/pleased and how much sound that thing is capable of putting out, and the clarity is nice, yet the sound isn't too pointed.

What in the world are you doing up so early?!

Bands do offer a good place to open up the throttle!

I think some of the later “professional,” paid civic, etc. bands existed longer than they might have is for this very reason. Some good times gone.

MiBrassFS wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:20 am What in the world are you doing up so early?!

I total exhausted myself yesterday and fell asleep immediately after dinner, slept several hours, sat up for a couple of hours quite late, and then went back to sleep again. I got enough sleep, but it was oddly timed.

The cats invested in some Shenanigans and Galloping through the house beginning a little bit before 4:00 a.m., and the cat that's so attached to me insisted on some love around 5:00 or so.

the very very loud and very very soft playing in the community band (it's a large band and there were only two of us playing)...

... I was also testing another prototype mouthpiece. I guess I've become somewhat addicted to the mouthpiece stuff, but I actually think I've come up with some pretty good things that have helped me quite a bit and hopefully have helped some others.

"Find a good mouthpiece and stick with it."

What the hell for? It's not as if my mouth forms a permanent dent that fits one mouthpiece. It's not like a mouthpiece is a set of dentures. Why should I stick with a "good" mouthpiece, when I might later encounter a great one or a superb one or a walks-on-water one?...

... or instrument or car or pair of shoes or cell phone service provider, or anything...