5/4 Bb is an oddity. Your options in Bb will be 4/4 or 6/4. However, these size designations really vary a lot. You can find a large 4/4 or a small 6/4. There are others here that could give you more info.

I agree that Bb and eb work well together. I have spent the last couple years practicing ...

What about asking your other tuba friends that you play with to try out thier mp collections. We all have them. Maybe someone you know has something that will work for you. Then buy that one.... just a suggestion.

Thank you. If I was selling tuba stuff, I would post it here. My son and I have some drum stuff and other things to move along.

I have a few miscellaneous things I need to sell. I have bought a few things through reverb but never sold. Those of you who have sold there, can you tell me about how it has been. Is it worthwhile, or a big hassle? What about shipping? I have heard that reverb automatically charges a shipping rate ...

I've been playing cornet in band a couple weeks now and really enjoying it. What i enjoy is the different perspective. Playing harmonically in a section rather than unison or independently as a tuba is very different. I'm still not terribly fond of the tiny mouthpiece but whatever. I'm not having ...

Anybody possibly affected by this?

Federal student loans are not banned by entire major, but specific low-earning college programs risk losing eligibility under new Department of Education rules. Under the Department of Education STATS Rule, programs failing post-graduation earnings benchmarks ...

Who now has that King tuba?
I hope it's not collecting dust in North Carolina.


All of the times I saw him, he was accompanied by a younger man. I was told that was his son. Sometimes he was also playing tuba, sometimes just assisting. He always kept a low profile. Never conversed with anyone ...

I had the luxury of growing up in an area that Dr young periodically visited. I first met him as a teenager at tubachristmas several years. Then when I was in college my teacher had him come teach a masterclass. Last time I saw him was at a quintet seminar 2002. I was really struggling there for ...

I know this is not a tuba thing but i wonder what your thoughts are.

It looks like I'm going to be playing cornet in community band this fall. Its a small group and we have 2 tubas and 2 baritones already so ill fill in where needed. I have a king cleveland cornet that my grandfather bought for my ...

Agree. I work in machining and made measurements of all my mouthpieces as well. I was going to do the water measurement similar to what you described for volume but haven't gotten around to it. My thought was to make a plug of some sort that would go down into the throat. That way the measurement ...

Really nice score. Now you need the Bb version to have a complimentary set. Very cool. Glad to hear it plays great too.

Um... trainwreck?

Will be interesting to see how you resurrect that.

The entire bugle on my olds baritone was manufactured that way. I bet it made assembly and soldering easier. Maybe not better, but it seemed to work fine.

This really fries me! I'm sorry. This superintendents qualifications should be in question here. It's one thing to look at making cuts because of budget shortfalls, but to make cuts 'just because' in education is seriously erroneous. It shows that this person doesn't have a good understanding of ...

I know I'm not helping in any way, but;

“I feel like you need to change your mind because..." my feelings...

seems to work as policy for every govmnt funded college program today.. so why should it not work for you?

Your situation really sucks. I'm so very sorry. I hope you find what you need ...

Was the dolly Parton funko pop purposely in the picture just behind your tuba. Or a strange coincidence? Also noted that you removed the irritating slide stop on the 5th valve slide. That thing made no sense to me on that slide.

Fellow tuba in the section...

Ad-lib everything instead of playing what's written.

Play everything down an octave.

Try to play all the melodies.

Don't shower for a week.

You really are a saint. While I don't have a group to play these with, someday I hope to. Thank you so very much.

Thank you very much for your generosity and hard work.

"Hipshot"
Is that the catilevered lever the tuning peg is mounted on?

My bass has that thing. I never knew the name for it. I also could never get it in tune properly. Thanks for teaching me something. That's what I love about the tuba forum.