Son found this at Wally world today.



Cool.

Last week I took a leap and brought the little Eb tuba to a rehearsal last week. The other player was on a PT6. It was a blast. But...

Eb, E, F, Gb, G are all nearly a half step flat. When the horn got really warmed up they were much better. Ab, A, Bb, B, C were spot on. I mean really good.

I ...

I hope that cheap knock off copies of your hard work dont start showing up on the giant webverse retail outlets.

My wife gave me this for christmas. I have been chipping away at it slowly. Almost done. I enjoyed the tuba specific parts. The stories/interviews were wonderful. The part about the two fellows in Florida analyzing the different brass alloys was very interesting. The band director parts didnt ...

Havent heard of that one. Will check it out. Thanks.

What did you use to fill the tube for bending? Where did you find it? How much? Inquiring minds...

To me your plan sounds good. You know what your going to do, know what features you want. Just make sure you give the horn a good try before you buy. If you spend a grand on a horn that has a few issues, and a grand on repairs by a reputable repair person, you can have a great horn that will treat ...

I'm curious how much and how often you play this horn. That's a lot of gunk. Agreed that regular cleaning and adequate lubrication are very important. Along with conscientious dietary habits before playing.

There may not be any near you but, Runnings (a farm supply store) has an amazing hardware section stocked with every screw, nut, bolt washer; in imperial and metric sizes; stainless, zinc coated, other. And you can buy just one screw, or a box. I used to go to ace/true value for hardware like this ...

I'm sorry to hear the harness didnt work for you. Especially after I talked it up. It works really well for me, but I dont position like a euph. I hope you find something that does work.

I have the neotech harness and it works very well. However, I use a separate strap wrapped around the harness and bottom bow because I found it would slide around a little bit. Also I dont use the clip/strap on the upper bow because it was too restrictive. I move a lot when I play. It is very ...

Thank you. The pistons on my little eb are not plated and I have been contemplating sending them for it. I havent taken any measurements yet. Just something I have been thinking about.

Talking about taking valves down to fit, what is the standard gap between piston and casing?

In 2000, I started marching a division 3 corps out of a nearby city. The cost to me was minimal. We did fundraising, hosted a home show and sold program advertising. Our staff was minimal, all music teachers who marched division 1 corps for multiple seasons. The instruction was fantastic. We were ...

Great. Thank you.

Since I work in a machine shop, I have been thinking about this. My guess is that...

1 valve tubing material is selected. Oversized od.

2 tubing for ports matched to desired bore size.

3 port holes are milled.

4 port tubing is shaped and finagled into the valve tubing.

5 port tubing is silver ...

A different option you could try; the Neotech tuba harness.

I bought one because I started doing a xmas caroling gig each year. It's very comfortable. Last summer i also used it with my bell front king in community band because we sometimes stand up for a tune or two. It worked really well both ...

That's really cool. When I was in school i didnt care for Blazhevich, but now i really enjoy them. I find them really helpful with improving my ability to switch between Bb and Cc tubas. Thank you so much for your hard work.

I'm sorry I went a little overboard about college. As you can tell it was not the right direction for me. It wasn't bad, I learned a lot, grew a lot, accomplished next to nothing in reality. I just dont want other people to learn it's not right for them the way I did. I want the kids coming up to ...

Many people, especially collegiate teachers, will despise what I'm going to say here.

If your going to undergrad (bachelors) for music education, there is no good reason for you to put the stress of switching/ learning Cc tuba on yourself. I did that because everyone told me I had to play Cc. And ...