Thanks to 20IF2 for recommending Taylor Music. I ended up buy a Conn Marching Trombone. I don't know if this is the same as a flugabone, but it fits my needs. FYI, they had a Conn and King for sale, and the two instruments appear to be identical except for branding.

Regarding horn itself, it has a ...

Still looking. Will also consider a flugabone.

PM if you have something interesting.

It doesn't seem possible to format this is any easily readable manner. I can send a table for anyone who is interested.

Bass trumpets are common in Europe. The Euro instruments are very difficult to find in the US. By and large, the bores of the Euro horns are larger, perhaps avoiding the ...

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WTB: Bass trumpet. Open to piston or rotary. Must be in Bb. Would prefer to test play if possible. Located in northern New Jersey.

John Packer JP374 4 valve compensating euphonium. Excellent condition. Pick up only, no shipping. Price is firm.

https://cnj.craigslist.org/msg/d/potter ... 27125.html

Foot Pedals . . . (for iPad) . . . there are a lot of them.

Are the all essentially the same? Or is one of them super-duper?

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bloke wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:39 am Once again, I’ve been out-knowledged, out-experienced, and out-sensitived.

“I can out-learn you, I can out-read you, I can out-think you, and I can out-philosiphize you.” - Max Cady

I was at this performance and I liked the piece the first time I heard it. Now I’ve listened to the recording twice and it keeps getting better as I hear more things going on.

Not that it makes any difference to the listener, but impressive nonetheless, is the fact that she played the entire thing ...

What happens to all that plastic after the horn stops working?

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Has a robotic delivery system so that it can transport itself to and from gigs and rehearsals.

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Just out of curiosity, were the Bb charts in treble or bass clef? Treble clef tuba parts is Bb are quite common, but bass clef parts in Bb . . . well, I’ve never seen one.

If your Eb friend was playing a Bb treble part on his Eb, he was transposing.

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I leave them all out . . . except . . . a silver plated euphonium.

I don’t like silver plated horns because they tarnish. But the euph doesn’t tarnish as quickly if I keep it in the case.

A nuisance, but less of a nuisance than polishing.

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I use lots of lamp oil, on the valves and inside the tubing. There is a downside: lots of oil going IN means lots of oil coming OUT. You have to be careful about where it is going. If you dump oil onto a dark stage floor it can be hard to see. People aren’t looking for it and it is slippery.

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A few years ago Dillon Music had a rest like this but it was made of wood, not plastic. I just checked their website and it’s not there but if you call Matt I’m sure he will remember it and may be able to tell you how to locate one.

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Adding a stop rod (as I’m not for much for those shoestring things) actually takes less time than aligning a slide.

(I don’t have “loose fitting“ slides on my instruments, but rather “precise fitting“. I will admit that - when left in a really warm room - I’ve had a slide slip out once or twice ...

Miraphone 56B
Variously described as a tenor tuba or kaiser baritone

Reason for asking: I'm looking for something that has a brighter sound than a euphonium. The
Besson small-bore baritones are a bit cramped for my taste and I'm hoping a larger bore might be the ticket.

Trying to decide if it's ...

Pistons are prevented from departing the instrument by threaded caps. What keeps the slides from going their merry way?

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Easy. Just take the ends of the two tubes and bend them ever so slightly towards each other... :facepalm2:


I guess you are saying that Bloke's considerable amount ...

No doubt that the Manhasset regular stands are great. They can still function well after 50 years of normal use.

The Manhasset Voyager is an OK stand, but the carrying case is not well thought out, and mine is beginning to wear at stress points. I think for my next portable stand I will look for a ...