I was listening to the Boston Brass Heroes and Legends album. Does anyone know who the tuba player was on that album. Google says Sam Pilafian but the dates don't line up with Google's dates for when he played with the group. The tuba playing certainly sounds like him though.

I really didn't need to see this. If I could, I'd snatch this one up right now. GLWTS!

tclements wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 3:29 pm I am SO tired of piston valves. JEEZ!

Well, didn't you just solve that problem by purchasing a Miraphone Bruckner recently? Problem solved.

You might have a scale build up starting to occur.

This is another uninformed guess, but sawing on and thumping on the mouth pipe to install that device may have shaken loose some scale in the mouth pipe tube which migrated down into the rotors.

If you tag me, you're going to get some sort of ...

I had a performance with Celebration Winds. We played several pieces including Porgy and Bess, Mil Estrellas (Spanish march), Hands Across the Sea, ConnectUS and Emperata Overture, among others. I got to play the 4 bar exposed solo in Emperata. Overall the concert was decent.

Church performance with Celebration Winds community band.

Gig Selfie*
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I had my first concert with the Rudy since having the AGR installed. I dialed it in at about 2-3 turns out. The horn played well. I didn't experiment with any other settings. I was more concerned about the fact that I had the 5th and 1st valves start to stick....even though they were well and ...

You *do* have to cut the receiver to fit it, so it's a one-way street. That's a bit of a deterrent in some cases as well.


Katy called me when she removed the stock receiver and realized the leadpipe went all the way to the end. She said "I am going to have to trim some of this leadpipe. Before ...

When you find your right setting, it will be night and day...


Again, I think it depends on the instrument. I had one on my Willson 3050, and any mouthpiece shank, receiver, and distance combination didn't seem to make much difference -- all had consistently excellent response.


Thank you ...

Sousaswag wrote: Sat May 02, 2026 9:04 am So… To not answer your question, I have one but haven’t put it on anything

Funny! Back in 2001, I had an AGR I got as part of a trade.i never got it installed and ended up selling it. Finally bought this one and finally got it installed

Recently I had the receiver of my Rudy Meinl 4/4 CC replaced. The original had seen an impact at some point and it left edge of the receiver only 99.8% round with a very noticeable external impact mark. I opted to have a Dillon Adjustable Gap Receiver installed. Here are some pictures. Katy Jacobson ...

AGR installed.

Remove the brace.
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Cut part of the leadpipe. Apparently ...

I am interested in having the pistons in my Besson 995 vented. I feel it would make slide adjustments easier. I would be able to make slide adjustments in anticipation of or after pressing the valves.

What are the negatives of piston valve venting? The rotors on my Rudy are already vented and I ...

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I've been using Wright Silver Cream for 20+ years. I've had the same tub for almost that long. It works really well. If I am not mistaken, @Matt Walters was the one who recommended it to me. I believe it even works on raw brass.

If any of y'all have a Mr. P 5.0 that you'd like to trade, let me know. I have several mouthpieces, all in like-new condition I could trade with.

Currently thinking of stripping the lacquer off the bell of my 632. I'm wondering what peoples general opinions are on raw brass vs lacquer.
Arguably doing it would be stupid for me(No lacquer issues currently on the bell, I just really enjoy the look of a raw brass bell).

How badly would this ...

This reminds of replacing a computer 1.component at a time. Before long everything is new except the case.

Mr. P 8.8?? I use the Mr. P 5.0 and it's been great for me.

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arpthark wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 11:04 am Using the OG Ultimate on a Rudi 5/4 CC today playing Dvorak 6.

Pictures or it didn't happen!