gocsick wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2026 1:32 pmI will probably give it a try on a junk trumpet and see how it goes and report back.

Hmm. "junk trumpet" hmmm. Make sure the slides are already aligned well, or it won't do any good.

By "Euro," do you mean the larger @ .530-540 shank tip diameter for continental tubas, or as mis-named the .490 old British shank diameter, as in the Wick no-letter tuba mouthpieces?

I agree with Mary Ann's first post, as I have had similar experiences, but I do encourage continuing the safari. My tuba embouchure likes cup diameter ID's of @ 1.28-9 and my breath support a throat of a P drill bit, @.323 inches/8.2mm. A year or so ago I thought I was done, and was doomed to ...

Personal opinion: I think that Bon Ami, and its analogues Comet and Bar Keepers Friend, among others, are too harsh. If a Scotch Brite pad doesn't help things by simply removing crudded lubricant, flaky corrosion, or other discoloration on the slides, the most abrasive I have done personally is to ...

The Salvation Army for some time had its own factory. But before you go purchasing one, read these two articles:
https://galpinsociety.org/index_htm_fil ... s%20LR.pdf
https://www.salvationarmyhorns.com/

You will receive twenty million recommendations about pickups if you choose to change them. Having been this route many times with friends' basses, as well as choosing pickups for my own basses, it is my opinion that if you do not want to go EMG actives and rout a battery cavity, that the best ...

I agree. I will go further. And I will get flack for this comment. So be it. It is true. Unlike orchestras such as the Louisville, KY, who have an ongoing commission program for new works, most orchestras are nothing more than fancy cover bands. Some are good, yes, but if you look at the average ...

H. N. White - King marketed a similar horn in the 1970's, possibly earlier as well, they called the Altonium, and as I remember from the marketing brochure, it had both Eb and F slides:
https://www.hornmatters.com/2010/07/a-blast-from-the-past-the-altonium/
https://www.retiredbrass.com/portfolio ...

If I could save time in a bottle, the ultimate "What If...."

Don't forget to add to this the dinosaur: the G bass trombone as made by Boosey & Co. (before the merger) about a century ago for British Brass Bands.

Congratulations on your new strings. But don't get me started on a discussion about strings generally. I will rant about history, reasons for conventional gauging that really don't apply anymore, current brands, shut down brands and models, favorites, strings that disgust me for being overpriced and ...

Have you read my threads about how I have my upper valve souzy slides converted to moveable slides instead of being hard soldered? Especially on a Conn wrap 1st valve slide, it lays perfectly at the left hand and is very, very easy to adjust intonation. The others can be set where desired. For ...

As some have said, BBb sousas and large piston BBb tubas usually have great false tones. Something about the more moderate valveset bore thru pistons, combined with a large tuba/sousa body and wide-flared bell makes a good recipe for great false/privileged tones.
I recently checked, and Adams has ...

And no, I don't want to mess with priviledged tones in Brass Band literature, or in Crespo, at least, I woun't like it due to agility, secure centering and messy fingering issues.

My experiences with Besson compensating tubas is that due to the inherent damping of the anti-nodes of the low notes ...

With these single coil pickups on both of these Jazz basses, I'm getting ready to buy some 2-inch wide copper foil tape with conductive adhesive on the back. Is there anyone who's installed Faraday cages, and who might be available for me to text and ask a few questions, in case I need to ...

My experiences of playing tuba/sousaphone for over fifty years:
1) I play tuba in a community band. I have played several instruments over the years, including my current Jupiter JTU1110 and a rebuilt/restored real Conn 36K sousaphone.
2) The effective bottom note for all of these arrangements and ...

The "standard" mouthpiece for a Besson Eb comp tuba with the smaller receiver is the Wick 3 (no letter). It is deep, not too wide in cup diameter, and urban legend is that the 3 was modeled on a 24AW, which also works well on these tubas, but has the standard American style shank. So the best ...

Eternal Father, strong to save....

With these single coil pickups on both of these Jazz basses, I'm getting ready to buy some 2-inch wide copper foil tape with conductive adhesive on the back. Is there anyone who's installed Faraday cages, and who might be available for me to text and ask a few questions, in case I need to ...

Audio only:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b-awuNzko4

George plays F9/G on the 12 string

John plays Dsus4

Paul plays D

The guy in the video bloke linked above almost gets the gist of it but obviously his voicing is way off.

Now, scroll to the end of Hard Day's Night. George, on the 12 ...