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On Friday I received and yesterday I installed synthetic washers provided to me by some bloke in Memphis. This replaced the felt washers that were installed on the Holton during its last visit to Memphis.

Right away, I noticed that my tone improved, my intonation suddenly locked in, and now I can play from a double-pedal Bb to a triple-high Bb with Pokorny-like tone. The washers added at least two dynamic levels to my loud playing. They certainly improved my breathing. I cannot imagine how I ever played without precision synthetic washers. As an experiment, I put the old felts back on for a comparison, and could not play Come to Jesus in whole notes. With the synthetic washers, Czardas at mm=180 is just no problem a-tall. And when I looked at the engraving on my Holton, I discovered that it read "York Band Instrument Company" and the serial number was 0003.

This morning, my wife asked me if I'd lost weight, and my cholesterol dropped by 25 points. I no longer need glasses, and I found an extra thousand bucks in my checking account that I didn't know I had.

I tell you, those precision synthetic washers will change your life.

Rick "reborn" Denney

and your wife had kicked you out into WHICH motel??

eupher61 wrote:and your wife had kicked you out into WHICH motel??

A Holiday Inn Express, obviously.

Rick Denney wrote:blokewashers

I thought that's what the pond was for...

If only he didn’t sell them to the hogwash’ers.

My grades in school are pretty bad. All the counselors have left me for dead. My teachers don't even remember my name. Pencils light on fire the moment I touch them and pens spurt out their ink if I even think about (ab)using them. I got no-where else to go.

Could blokewashers be the solution?

the elephant wrote:I have heard that blokewashers can cure halitosis.

That is by chewing and swallowing them by the handful. The effect only stabilises after your cremation.

bloke wrote:

the elephant wrote:What a weird dude.

He just needs some ketchup.

- bloke ".-- .... --- / .. ... / .-- .- --. . .-. .. -. --. / - .... .- - / ... --- -. / -. ..- -- -... . .-. / - .... .-. . . / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -... . / -. .- -- . -.. / . .. - .... . .-. / .- - .-.. .- ... / --- .-. / --. --- .-.. .. .- - .... "

Is that a euphoniumism for catch-up?

K

I am not worthy of blokewashers.

And you no longer need you "blue" pills!

Hey,

Does this work for .... never mind.

Blokewashers --- oh. I thought this was something about hygiene. Or bathing.

GC wrote:Blokewashers --- oh. I thought this was something about hygiene. Or bathing.

The concept is similar to that of using fender washers to make your guitar self-cleaning ...

GC wrote:Blokewashers --- oh. I thought this was something about hygiene. Or bathing.

I we are down to bloke’s day- and nightcare moms, I think he has only got one of them.

K

Hi-
Received my Bloke synthetic felts today for my piston tenor tuba--what a superb deal! Fantastic feel, super value, and they work great. Highly recommended!
Regards-
mark
jonestuba@Juno.com" target="_blank

That was an amazing testimony to using ""bloke washers"", Rick. My wife wanted me to get rid of all my tubas but when she read what bloke washers could do.... life got better!

eutubabone wrote:That was an amazing testimony to using ""bloke washers"", Rick. My wife wanted me to get rid of all my tubas but when she read what bloke washers could do.... life got better!

Yeah right...and what did you promise her??

It is fun to kid bloke but look what he has accomplished.
He gigs, runs a business but has time to develop two mouthpieces and super precision washers that we find out about with no prior info.
His marriage is long term, he gigs with the best, he is highly regarded as a repair guru and his two new origional pruducts are drawing raves - not to mention his superstar status on tubenet.
Kudos, Joe! Waddaya do in your spare time?

bloke wrote: Some "Army" guy on this board mentioned that he would have liked to have been able to try one of the mouthpieces in his CC tuba, but that particular model of tuba is supplied with a Euro receiver...Is there any interest in the #2 (larger opening) back-part being available with a Euro shank?

Hey, Joe,
for what it's worth, I was actually looking on the Houser site for just that last night. . . Starting to feel kind of funny about putting paper around MP shanks on my big horn. I guess that's what I get for buying a euro horn when all of my MPs have American shanks.

--T. J.

bloke wrote: Some "Army" guy on this board mentioned that he would have liked to have been able to try one of the mouthpieces in his CC tuba, but that particular model of tuba is supplied with a Euro receiver...Is there any interest in the #2 (larger opening) back-part being available with a Euro shank?

YES!
I am thinking about getting exactly one of those, to "fire up" the K2001 and give it a tone more akin to the MW2155R - cuts like a knife vs. big and broad. Would only be for limited applications, but would still be fun to have to punch a hole in the roof. Although either shank would get by on that horn, the American ones go wa-a-ay in, and I would prefer the Euro.