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That's a tremendous sounding horn! Congratulations!

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York-aholic wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2026 5:35 am
prairieboy1 wrote: Mon Sep 21, 2026 10:38 pm Please excuse my ignorance. What is the make and model of this beautiful instrument?
It is/was the prototype Conn 56j, made by Matt Walters using King parts, silver plated by a previous owner.

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Today's rehearsal time was spent on "Prelude For An Occasion" -Gregson, "Prismatic Light"-Fernie, "Celtic Dance"-Clifford and "Enduring Faith"-Wainwright. These are all pieces that our brass band is rehearsing in anticipation of our first concert which will be held on October 25th. Plenty of ...

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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 ...

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Please excuse my ignorance. What is the make and model of this beautiful instrument?

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After a three month hiatus, I returned to the tuba on the 14th of August. The first 30 minutes were awful. After the warmup everything sounded much better and it confirmed for me that I made the right decision to take an extended break. I am reducing the number of bands I belong to as well. The ...

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The 6/4 Siegfried!!

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Our outdoor Bridge City Brass Band performance was held on Sunday, June 14th at a very nice park as part of an "Arts Festival". The afternoon was very nice and our playing was great in front of a large and appreciative audience. My two favourites were "Tico-Tico" and a terrific arrangement of Joni ...

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Congratulations on your retirement and best wishes for your health and future. I really enjoyed your repair and alteration posts over the years. My favourite and one that I still return to on occasion is the Holton 345!

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I just listened to this moments ago and agree with the OP. The tuba playing was very good indeed. I know that Fred Pfaff played with Sousa.

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I have two concerts remaining, both in early June. Today was Brass Band music. I played my way through "Tico Tico", "Pastime with Good Company", "Overture Promenade for Brass Band", and "Skyfall". The Holton is a terrific horn to rehearse this repertoire with. I would bring it to the rehearsals and ...

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Your new Meinl Weston 2145 is a terrific tuba. I owned one over ten years ago and other than the thumb ring debacle as mentioned by others, it was a great little tuba. I sold it to return to the BBb world as that is what the Concert Band world runs on! Thank you for posting and also a thanks to Eric ...

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A terrific concert this afternoon. Our band played last on the program and certainly rose to the occasion! Excellent dynamics and paying attention to all the little details really made things go extremely smoothly. A full house with a very appreciative audience and a very pleased conductor at the ...

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prairieboy1 wrote: Sat May 09, 2026 6:54 pm Last polish of the above mentioned pieces for tomorrow's concert. This will conclude our season for this particular band. A great group of enthusiastic folks and a very talented conductor make this band an easy choice to participate in!

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Last polish of the above mentioned pieces for tomorrow's concert. This will conclude our season for this particular band. A great group of enthusiastic folks and a very talented conductor make this an easy choice to participate in!

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Yesterday's playing was spent polishing the music for my Monday night Community Concert Band. Our part of a three band performance will be held on Sunday, May 10th at 2 pm in the theatre of Holy Cross High School here in Saskatoon. The program will include an intermediate band, a beginner band and ...

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LOL! Over a month after the concert and I can report that it was terrific. Our audience filled the bottom half of the church and seemed to really enjoy the program. A one hour and five minute concert with no intermission and minimal introductions to each piece by the conductor really helped keep the ...

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I had one years ago. It was a terrific horn.

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