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People in the "know" are using helium-filled finger-button tops, so that not only are they non-dampening, they are lighter than dampening!Greg wrote:Armed with this new information, I am practicing playing all of my parts without touching the buttons to the valves as I realize my finger tips can have a dampening effect. For that matter, I am going to try to get to where I can play without touching the tuba at all.
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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I'm having some difficulty dealing with some of the pearls of wisdom being offered in this thread. Things don't usually get quite so serious here on TubeNet.
Ray Grim
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Re: Pearls
But the great thing is, they're free of charge!TubaRay wrote:I'm having some difficulty dealing with some of the pearls of wisdom being offered in this thread. Things don't usually get quite so serious here on TubeNet.
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Re: Pearls
You know what they say about casting pearls before swine.TubaRay wrote:I'm having some difficulty dealing with some of the pearls of wisdom being offered in this thread. Things don't usually get quite so serious here on TubeNet.
Kenneth Sloan
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I know this thread has veered off-track some, but this thread on Super-Glue is worth checking out.
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