Leaving your tuba in a hot car
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 11:30 am
With much of the US of A in a heat wave right now, I gotta ask a practical question: Is there any harm in leaving your tuba in a hot car during the day?
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Re: Leaving your tuba in a hot car
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:49 pm
It reverses the cryogenic freezing!
Re: Leaving your tuba in a hot car
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:20 pm
NO problem.
Re: Leaving your tuba in a hot car
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:58 pm
The only issue would be if it is too hot to hold when you get it out to play.
Re: Leaving your tuba in a hot car
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:53 am
Just make certain your valves don't get too dry before you start to play. Personally, I'm not a fan of the grease on my tuning slides going back and forth in viscosity (whatever the right word would be) from radical temperature changes in either direction. That's just me. The way things are these days, I would NEVER leave a tuba in my car unattended, unless I could keep my eyes upon the car.
Re: Leaving your tuba in a hot car
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:50 pm
I always re-oil my valves after my instrument has gotten toasty, just in case there has been any extra evaporation from the heat, but other than that I can't imagine how any part of a tuba could be hurt by like 160°F.