Todd,

Nothing wrong with doing it. Make sure the valve slides are all in parallel and plane as well while you're doing this, so you're getting the benefits of the ability to slide pull. I've vented valves on all of my piston tubas and have never had any issue with them!

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I have bought a lot of brushes from here, and they work really well for what I do with them. I am all for supporting people in the music industry, but I also try to be smart and source things where I don't feel prices are outrageous for what I am getting.

Hi everyone,

Hope you are doing well and I want to apologize for the publicity post here. As soon as I get the green light to move to the Retail & Repair Marketplace, I am planning on moving all of these posts to there. First of, I want to thank all of you that have been looking at instruments ...

I have a customer looking for a Cerveny 601 CC tuba. Number of valves isn't super important, neither is condition. If you are interested in selling yours, please reach out to me. Thanks very much!

thedancingsousa wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 12:12 pm Second place would be a close race between the Siermann Arthur F (I think? The silver f they had) and the 2250 buffet brought along.

6 valve rotary F - Arthur
5 Piston valve F - Mars

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Still trying to keep these model names straight myself.

Speaking of which,
(Rick Denney’s “…not sure how well the dealers did overall…”),
I’ve always wanted to ask this question since I went to my first conference many years ago:

Do the instrument companies/dealers REALLY sell enough stock to make it worth their time and effort and everything else ...

Good day everyone,

I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to post this in the Retail and Repair Marketplace, but I don't have access to that area yet. I also can't PM anyone about changing my access, because my account here is new, so I apologize for posting this in the wrong spot. However, I am ...

FWIW Linda Ronstadt hired Nelson Riddle to produce a series of American Songbook pieces for her trio of albums in the mid eighties. Skylark is one of my favorites on that effort. She does it very well.

I assume from the discussion that the store is in Vancouver despite the Rose City name, which I ...

Hi all,

Thanks so much for reaching out and the conversation about things. Yes, I have launched the business and product is on order. I am anticipating having a shipment of Sierman tubas and euphoniums in stock and on display at the US Army Band Tuba Euphonium Workshop. The way I have the system ...