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avoiding confusion

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While playing this thing - and trying to remember that E natural is NOT "no valves" but is actually SECOND valve, I began to become concerned about my super-customized Fat Bastard getting mixed up with with all of the other super-customized Fat Bastards out there - such as on a train station platform - when all of the professional full-time B-flat tuba players are headed off to work in the morning, etc...

...so I decided to add some identifying marks to mine, as shown below:

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THE RESPONSE OF THE DOUBLE LOW D SHARP HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED BY THIS !!! :bugeyes:
...so all of you other Fat Bastard owners should probably do the same thing...Hey...Wait a minute... :red:
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Why would I want to put JS on my tuba when my initials are PB????? :wall: :eyes: :smilie8: :smilie6:
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Paulver wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:43 pm Why would I want to put JS on my tuba when my initials are PB????? :wall: :eyes: :smilie8: :smilie6:
They nearly look the same turned upside down, so it might offer the same benefit, as far as low range response is concerned, except backwards. :coffee:
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Hey J5... You kind of screwed up the top of your '5"...
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I am also a fan of Juicy Salsa.
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I'd put some on mine but people would go back to calling me Ma.
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Now you run the risk of mixing it up with your stubby Holton!
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I've been wondering about soldering an 9" x 12" piece of white-painted sheet steel to the "U" portion of my cimbasso bell - so it would accept magnetic letters - and renting that advertising space out to businesses...

JACKSON
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...etc.
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That's like drummers putting their initials on their bass drum...
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Someone needs a hobby…

:popcorn:
Some old Yorks, Martins, and perhaps a King rotary valved CC
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York-aholic wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:27 pm Someone needs a hobby…

:popcorn:
I had to re-lacquer it, anyway. :coffee:

That aerosol "epoxy" clear lacquer (that I discussed in the repair forum - that I was testing out) ain't worth a crap.
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Trombones discovered the secret of the counterweight years ago. Now, could we do this with a GPS tracker?
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Actually, instead of JS, shouldn't you have put FB?
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Does the slide even stay in with all that extra weight? ;-)
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P@rick wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:30 am Does the slide even stay in with all that extra weight? ;-)
I was having trouble with it coming out just from playing it before (when I shortened it for easier A=440 playing, I aligned it really well) but I built a friction brake for it. That can be seen in the repair forum.
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How'd you make these? Bending, cutting? What's the material?
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arpthark wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:35 am How'd you make these? Bending, cutting? What's the material?
They are just cheap brass letters made in India that I found by clicking around on the internet. I may take them back off.
The lacquer I tested on this slide earlier was failing, so I went ahead and put the right lacquer on it and thought this might be a good joke.
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Dang, I almost gave you too much credit for cutting these out of nickel silver or something.
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arpthark wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:53 am Dang, I almost gave you too much credit for cutting these out of nickel silver or something.
You can give me credit for doing that, because I could, but I wouldn't waste that much time. Further, I would probably cut them out in an actual font.
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