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Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:37 pm
by jeopardymaster
From another angle; unfortunately, still the same ugly fat guy playing it.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:13 pm
by Dean E
Dean and Willson 3050RZ, 5 RV (4 + 1) CC, with a sousaphone tuning bit and Monette Prana 98 mouthpiece. The occasion was a 2012, post-concert photoshoot of the Reston Community Orchestra members.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:10 pm
by Peach
rmsrfp wrote:345 CC
345 with a York bell (& bow?)?
Nice!
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:48 pm
by Ken Herrick
Darn, can't get the pics on the phone.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:53 pm
by bigbob
elephant.. I noticed different angles on your piston set ups ...which one ergonomically fits you best??BB
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:17 pm
by TheHatTuba
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Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:09 am
by Dean E
hrender wrote:Why the tuning bit?
The tuning slide almost falls out at 440, because the Willson 3050RZ CC was made in Switzerland for higher pitch (about 442-443) orchestras. (Bloke did a typically educational, public service post about European high pitch horn designs a year or so ago.)
I was informed that a longer tuning slide could be ordered, but the tuning bit did the trick. In the summer, I sometimes have to use two tuning bits. The tuning bit also allows me to position my face away from the bell, making it easier to see the music and conductor.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:30 am
by Bob Kolada
That's a cute little euph, Wade!
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:32 pm
by Tubajug
That's a great lookin' stable Wade! Just curious, do you prefer pistons or did that just come about by happenstance?
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:03 am
by bigtubby
Cell pix count? Showing a friend the nice new valve caps tonight ...
Tungsten lights and the honey colored logs you can't even tell that I haven't plated the caps yet.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:32 pm
by Heavy_Metal
bigtubby wrote:Cell pix count? Showing a friend the nice new valve caps tonight ...
Tungsten lights and the honey colored logs you can't even tell that I haven't plated the caps yet.
How about one of you showing off the Schuster?
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:36 pm
by Heavy_Metal
Working out some last-minute details before this morning's Easter service- that's the Sonora, for those who aren't familiar.
Clockwise starting to the right of the tuba: Katie Storey, French Horn; Jeff Shields, Trumpet, Rob Storey, Trumpet, Bill Stephens, Trumpet. Organist is Tyler Horton, pianist is Jo Ann Day.
Photo credit- The Lovely Naoko.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:38 pm
by Heavy_Metal
Stryk wrote:
That's the Alex?
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:46 pm
by k001k47
the elephant wrote:bigbob wrote:elephant.. I noticed different angles on your piston set ups ...which one ergonomically fits you best??BB
The Yamaha is absolute crap.
Sell it to me.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:09 am
by bigbob
bigtubby wrote:Cell pix count? Showing a friend the nice new valve caps tonight ...
Tungsten lights and the honey colored logs you can't even tell that I haven't plated the caps yet.
Great picture lovly looking horn....Why do you call your self "bigtubby?" you look mighty thin<s>
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:04 pm
by jeopardymaster
Oxymoron - a muted Neptune. Note that I am using the 2nd valve kicker - so yes, it CAN come in handy.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:15 pm
by jeopardymaster
Nice Alex, Terry. Looks like your bell might flare just a bit more than mine or else starts later, but that might be an optical illusion. My bell finishes off at just a shade under 16.5 inches.
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:55 pm
by butch
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My wee girls inside my sousaphone bell when she was about two months.
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Me playing children songs for my wee girl, now 19 months. She enjoys the music. She calles my instrument «buba» and she exactly knows where the mouthpiece belongs to and how to press the valves.
I think I gonna bring her close to low brass as early as possible.
And yes she's wearing a KISS-T-shirt! Just because I liked it!
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:59 pm
by bigbob
Here's a pic of me and the Gnagey!I'm still trying to get used to it...Soooo many different combinations with the addition of the 5valve(rotor)...I'm getting some fantastic low notes that I didn't seem to do with the 3J...by the way the bell is 19 1/2".....Someday maybe I'll get up the courage to play with a group untill then I'm just going to keep on learning!......BB
Re: Me & My Tuba, Add You & Yours
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:17 pm
by AndyCat
Myself and my Yamaha Neo BBb at an Intrada Brass CD recording session.
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