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Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:06 pm
by Christopher Lair
Glad to hear you're back on the proverbial horse, Matt! Drop me a line........
Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:51 am
by iiipopes
Just, "Get on your bikes and RIDE...." to quote the lyric from Queen.
Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:22 am
by SplatterTone
Since you have yet to receive a mouthpiece recommendation ...
I have a pretty good collection. If you will send the Firebird to me, I will donate my time testing it with various mouthpieces and get back to you when I am satisified that I have identified the perfect one.
Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:57 pm
by dwaskew
montre8 wrote:If I had to restart again (after 15 yrs) I would have gotten back with an instructor sooner.
well, the local guy is reportedly a hack......try Dr. Harvey in Winston--I hear he's pretty good.....
Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:34 pm
by NC_amateur_euph
Matt -
The Greensboro Concert Band will welcome you with open arms. Probably 75% of us are come-backers of one sort or another.
Rehearsals Monday, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Cultural Center - 200 N. Davie St.
Hack and Hack Junior would also be welcome.
Would that I could be 10% of the hack that they are.
Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:23 am
by Roger Lewis
For the Firebird mouthpiece, go with the Bruno Tilz M2. A couple of noted players are enjoying that one now on their Firebirds. I stumbled across it by accident one day and it worked really well on my F. When tried on a Firebird, it brought some nice things to the table. You should be able to get one from Lee Stofer (
http://www.tubameister.com" target="_blank).
Just my observations.
Roger
Re: Playing tuba again after a long hiatus
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:06 pm
by circusboy
I've liked these mpc's for F:
Schilke 66
Giddings & Webster Matanuska