Scratches!?

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:52 pm

Even the smallest scratch dramatically effects the tone and playability of the horn. I once got a scratch on my Yorkbrunner and it wouldn't even play a note before I had it professionally buffed out.

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:43 pm

MellowSmokeMan wrote:Even the smallest scratch dramatically effects the tone and playability of the horn. I once got a scratch on my Yorkbrunner and it wouldn't even play a note before I had it professionally buffed out.

Listen to this guy ^^^^

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:02 pm

This is coming at a very poignant time in my life.

Recently, my Miraphone 1291 recieved a small scratch on the bottom bow. It will not play a single note.

The effect on my family has been devastating. My younger sister can no longer attend middle-school band class, because the sight of the tubas brings her to tears.

I, personally, can't keep food down. I get almost no sleep at night, and awake from what little I can get in a cold sweat, shaken by horrible nightmares.

If only there was some way we could change the past.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:05 pm

You guys crack me up! Don't listen to this rubbish. I once bought a brand new tuba and it wouldn't play a single note until I deliberately put a big nasty scratch on it

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:05 pm

PORKCHOP wrote:Has anyone ever heard of scratches affecting the musical quality of a Tuba??

I've always "felt" than when the white ball comes up, the tuba sounds a little sadder...

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:06 am

If you're always scratching your tuba, there's a product to help you:

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:06 am

With enough scratch you can get a pretty good tuba.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:31 am

What an unruly bunch of posters! They haven't even gotten around the important question to ask when there is a scratch involved. Is it silver or lacquer? Once that is determined, we can then properly discuss the effect a scratch may have on the instrument's playability.

And would you believe I don't even have a B.S. degree?

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:40 am

TubaRay wrote:And would you believe I don't even have a B.S. degree?

Shucks, Ray, I think you have a high degree of B.S.!

I've heard scratching severely affect the sound of all kinds of instruments.

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Joe Baker, who reminds you to scratch where it itches, even if it itches in your britches!

Mike Finn · Post by **Mike Finn** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:09 am

I actually REMOVED all the scratches from a horn once, and I had a heck of a time playing it in tune until I put them back in. Oh wait, that was the valves...

MF

TubaTodd · Post by **TubaTodd** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:19 pm

Me and my wife have talked a lot about scratch before. She likes her back scratched. My dogs like their bellies, rears and backs scratched. Come to think of it, I hear people MAKING a lot of things from scratch. Sounds like scratch is a good thing.

AndyL · Post by **AndyL** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:32 pm

Speaking of tuba "cosmetics".......

do silver plated horns sound better when you wear white gloves while playing them? And if so, howcum they apparently don't affect lacquered horns the same way? I've never seen anybody wearing white gloves playing a lacquered horn.......

Albertibass · Post by **Albertibass** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:06 pm

i wear gloves with my horn....but its raw brass...and if i dont, my horn will have a colorful coat to go with its colorful sound.

JB · Post by JB » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:28 pm

AndyL wrote:Speaking of tuba "cosmetics".......

do silver plated horns sound better when you wear white gloves while playing them? And if so, howcum they apparently don't affect lacquered horns the same way? I've never seen anybody wearing white gloves playing a lacquered horn.......

What if the gloves are not white, but a different color?

(Black for a darker sound, red for a brighter sound, perhaps?)

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:06 pm

Are you the same guy who posted the same question on TubaNews?

Getzeng50s · Post by **Getzeng50s** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:45 pm

scratch ur butt, not your tuba.

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:36 pm

I have the good fortune to possess a pre-owned tuba. Since 1940, Nashville City School boys and girls have had their way with this tuba.
I don't need to repair small scratches and dents. There are lots more scratches and dents underneath these and more under them.
It's still a good player and I think it looks soulful.

My tuba is not insured and I put a seat belt on it in the car.
I love my tuba and I hope it hangs in there with me forever.
Pictures of my old King are on our site at:www.johnreno.com/

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:44 pm

PORKCHOP wrote:Has anyone ever heard of scratches affecting the musical quality of a Tuba??

If so, nobody told any of my helicons or my raincather sousaphone...

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:01 pm

If the scratches are obtained in the course of diligent practicing, they can affect the sound -- for the better!
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Joe Baker, who has been placing his instruments at risk in this manner more than usual the last week or so.

Anterux · Post by **Anterux** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:20 am

I love my tuba for what it is. Not for what it looks.

A loved tuba will not refuse to play a single note because of a scratch!

However, it can refuse to play multifonics.

I hope this helps. But I think it doesn't...

Antero.

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