tuba found: KY, late May/early June

[arpthark]

I will be in town for the Great American Brass Band festival, May 28-June 4, playing in my hometown group after five years away.

Does anyone in the central Kentucky/Lexington/Louisville area have a tuba I could borrow for that week? CC preferred, but obviously not picky at all.

Send me a PM or email beanhillbrass at gmail dot com. Will bump as the deadline gets closer. Thanks very much for any leads!

[royjohn]

I'm in Knoxville, TN an have a Mack 410 you might borrow if we could arrange a meetup.PM me if interested.
royjohn

[bloke]

What about asking Dr. Hightower ?

published contact info is...

matt.hightower@uky.edu

Office Phone:
(859) 257-8822

[arpthark]

What about asking Dr. Hightower ?

published contact info is...

matt.hightower@uky.edu

Office Phone:
(859) 257-8822

thanks, have talked to Matt.

His employment ends on June 1 as he has accepted the Florida State gig, but pointed me in the direction of the UK band office who might be able to help.

@royjohn, thank you for that very generous offer; will let you know.

[arpthark]

A couple leads have fallen through, so here's a bump.

[bloke]

Do you own a C tuba?

[arpthark]

Uh oh. Am I being set up for a joke?

Yes, I have a CC.

[bloke]

...so are you flying c. 10 hours door-to-door, rather than driving with your own tuba 13 hours door-to-door...??

This issue/topic ("planes and tubas don't mix") was brought up somewhere recently (fb?) with someone who bought a seat for their tuba but - upon boarding - wasn't allowed to board with the tuba.

If you're flying and hoping to find a loaner tuba, I understand, but it's just that I would have immediately chosen to drive.
We're all different.

[arpthark]

...so are you flying c. 10 hours door-to-door, rather than driving with your own tuba 13 hours door-to-door...??

This issue/topic ("planes and tubas don't mix") was brought up somewhere recently (fb?) with someone who bought a seat for their tuba but - upon boarding - wasn't allowed to board with the tuba.

If you're flying and hoping to find a loaner tuba, I understand, but it's just that I would have immediately chosen to drive.
We're all different.

Gotcha. I considered it. Got a cheap direct 2 hr flight, small regional airport to small regional airport, flying with my 10 mo. old, dad/son trip. If I weren't flying alone with a baby, I'd deal with the hassle of either driving or bringing a tuba along. Barring any epic delay, I'm hoping wake-up to my parents' house is 5 hrs.

[bloke]

That sounds like a good combination of factors, that might even encourage me to see if someone would loan me a tuba.
...but I'm probably not a good enough player to pick up a random model of tuba (as was Rich Matteson, as an other-worldly example) and play the crap out of it.

[russiantuba]

If you haven’t already, contact Dr. Aaron Hynds. They are on the music business and sound faculty at University of Kentucky but they hold a DMA in tuba performance .Not sure if they still just play Eb only but it is worth a shot.

[arpthark]

Found one thanks to the generosity of UK Bands; thanks to all who offered suggestions and leads!

[arpthark]

Ended up picking up a Conn 2J.

Some highlights: