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if you've ever heard of him (which i hope you have) is the great tuba man himself I am somwhat connected to him in a great series of events my mother worked for a Dr. Trapani an orthodontist which is Mr. Phillips' nephew and Dr.T is/was my orthodontist and I mentioned a few times to him the I play tuba and he gave me a Mirafone 1270 used by the tubist from the Elgin IL syphony its apparently a very small world I have even told harvey the story in person

tubatom91 wrote:if you've ever heard of him (which i hope you have) is the great tuba man himself I am somwhat connected to him in a great series of events my mother worked for a Dr. Trapani an orthodontist which is Mr. Phillips' nephew and Dr.T is/was my orthodontist and I mentioned a few times to him the I play tuba and he gave me a Mirafone 1270 used by the tubist from the Elgin IL syphony its apparently a very small world I have even told harvey the story in person

I'm afraid I simply don't understand what tubatom91 is saying. Can someone clarify for me.?

It makes a little more sense when you add periods.

Bill Troiano wrote:It makes a little more sense when you add periods.

I guess I'm going to have to learn this new language some folks use. Oh, well.
---or---
iguessi'mgoingtohavetolearnthisnewlanguagesomefolksuse.oh,well.

its not like i didnt use spaces inbetween words

Just think of the lung capacity you would have if you actually talked like that. And also, how it would probably drive everyone Nuts! (Come to think of it, I believe I do know someone like that and it does drive me nuts!)

Punctuation. is; for: dummies,

umm lets see I had a 12th grade reading level in 2nd grade and I have contacted Harvey Phillips on a few seperate occasions.
And there is your period, you are welcome

yea I dont have a tuba instructor I am in 10th gade right at the moment

Stop being such JACK ASSES or did I misspell that. Idiots. The guy was trying to connect with the community of tubists and all you did was jump all over his nuts.

Don't need no stinkin' punctuation. Does punctuation truly benefit the following?

Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood! Oh, the wood Wood would saw! All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. In other words, all the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day, Wood's wood-saw would saw no wood. Hence, all the wood Wood saw was the wood Wood would saw if Wood's wood-saw would saw wood. But because Wood could saw wood only with a wood-saw that would saw wood, Esau sought a saw that would saw wood. Then Esau saw a saw as no other wood-saw would saw. In fact, of all the wood-saws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a saw saw as the wood-saw Wood saw would saw. And even I never saw a saw saw as the wood-saw Wood saw would saw until I saw Esau saw wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood. Now Wood saws wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood, so the story has a happy ending.

yea I understand that

Congratulations on the 1270. Don't let it down. If I had something of that lineage, I'd play that thing all day (instead of hanging around here.)

Well, writing is like music; the goal is communication. The expression of ideas is essential when playing a symphony about the Soviet oppression of the creative spirit, an elegy for a loved one, or even a quirky little tuba solo about an elephant. The best musicians are not the guys that can play the highest, double tongue the fastest, or crank out The Ride the loudest; the best musicians are the ones that are the best at communicating the music to the audience.

The same is true with writing. When you fail to adhere to the rules of the English language, you are failing communicate at the highest level. Yes, it is possible to be understood when one uses bad grammar, frequent misspellings, and infrequent punctuation, but it is like playing a solo with a few cracked notes, missed partials, incorrect articulations, and bad phrasing. The best writers are not the people who write the most interesting things; the best writers are those who are able to communicate the story with the most style, creativity, detail, and ease.

I know that there are probably several grammatical errors in my post, and probably a misspelled word or two, but I made a conscious effort to not just adhere to the English language, but to use it to my advantage in expressing my ideas about the subject. That’s the whole point. Just try to write right and everyone will be cool.

Time to work on my lip slurs:
Over one orange orthodontist leaped Looney Lucy’s lunch, but before Brad began, Chris could’ve considered a crunch…

Good tongue twister, The Tuba.
My fave is:
Theoropolis Thistle, the thrifty thistle sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Say that really, really fast.

..."that really, really fast"

Sometimes, punctuation won't save you, as in "He chased a cat with a broomstick in his pajamas."

THE TUBA wrote:Well, writing is like music; the goal is communication. The expression of ideas is essential

This was exactly my point.

I think the points that Doc and TubaRay make are exactly on target. Our carelessness in both written and spoken language frequently creates problems on a much larger and more important level than something like TubeNet.

Some of you may remember that Harvey Phillips was the Executive Editor of the Instrumentalist Magazine for many years. I know from personal experience that he is meticulous about accuracy in both the written and spoken word. Anyone who has ever had a lesson with Mr. Phillips or been to one of his clinics has heard him discuss the importance of articulation, as he compares this to verbal enunciation and clarity of ideas. Communication is a key element in his teaching and performance. If our young poster knows Harvey Phillips or has “REALLYâ€

I know someone whose father once moved a piano for Percy Grainger...

I think the lad has been suitably chastened. tubatom91: Enjoy playing the horn. Be glad you've met Harvey Phillips, you're certainly better for it. As all the flames suggest, this forum is not a text message, so now you know.