Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:12 am
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Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:29 am
Welcome to the dark side (6/4 BBb).
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:57 pm
I listened and think it sounds great!
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:37 pm
Very well done! Your "new to you" horn sounds terrific. Thank you for rescuing it from that closet! 
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:15 pm
I'm listening on my phone, but/and that's the full/real brass choir version, correct?
You sound good, and I'm glad you lucked into the horn !
You sound good, and I'm glad you lucked into the horn !
Holton 340 BBb
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:41 pm
I should really update the title of this thread, as it's not really "new to me" anymore.
So, I played this tuba today at my yearly Easter service performance, and am generally pleased with it.
Okay, it's a 3v BBb. Not every pitch was totally in tune. I did my best. The open F is still about 10 cents flat, and you can hear it sometimes. Most old American BBb's suffer from the same flat notes, OH WELL!! I cracked some notes. Quite a few in-staff C's. OH WELL!!
I'm also being entirely too hard on myself. I enjoy playing this tuba. And I think it sounds great.
I am also glad it's not my ONLY tuba, as it was a little much for small ensemble. Normally I'd use my Willson F for this gig, but it's still not in my possession.
Anyway, I recorded what we played on my iPhone. I hope you enjoy. Again, I really like this tuba. I'm glad I have it and glad I'm able to get it out for people to hear it. I'm sure this is the tuba's first real performance, for people, in decades.
So, I played this tuba today at my yearly Easter service performance, and am generally pleased with it.
Okay, it's a 3v BBb. Not every pitch was totally in tune. I did my best. The open F is still about 10 cents flat, and you can hear it sometimes. Most old American BBb's suffer from the same flat notes, OH WELL!! I cracked some notes. Quite a few in-staff C's. OH WELL!!
I'm also being entirely too hard on myself. I enjoy playing this tuba. And I think it sounds great.
I am also glad it's not my ONLY tuba, as it was a little much for small ensemble. Normally I'd use my Willson F for this gig, but it's still not in my possession.
Anyway, I recorded what we played on my iPhone. I hope you enjoy. Again, I really like this tuba. I'm glad I have it and glad I'm able to get it out for people to hear it. I'm sure this is the tuba's first real performance, for people, in decades.
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:17 pm
That works! Happy Easter!
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:35 pm
Very very nice playing with your "new to me tuba"!! Great work! 
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:59 pm
You + it make a good sound.
Re: New to me tuba!
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:21 am
Sounds pretty "old to you" as it were -- seems like you are getting along great with the instrument. It's been cool watching and listening to this thing get resurrected, and it makes me so happy that a great big old tuba like that is finally getting to make music again -- and that you are the one doing it!