I'm excited...
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I'm excited...
I'm getting a lot of tuba stuff and getting a lot done to my horn by the end of March...I'm receiving stuff by the end of this month...
What I'm going to receive:
-New Miraphone Gig bag (from WWBW)
-New mouthpiece pouch (from WWBW)
-New Blokepiece Symphony (from bloke himself)
What will be happening to my horn:
-Chem Clean
-Lacquer stripping
-Fifth valve added
-Boroscope aligned rotor valves
Done by myself at repair school.
Yes, for the TNFJ, I will include horn/mouthpiece/gig bag dorn when it is all done...
I just had to share what is happening soon to my horn and what I will be receiving...
What I'm going to receive:
-New Miraphone Gig bag (from WWBW)
-New mouthpiece pouch (from WWBW)
-New Blokepiece Symphony (from bloke himself)
What will be happening to my horn:
-Chem Clean
-Lacquer stripping
-Fifth valve added
-Boroscope aligned rotor valves
Done by myself at repair school.
Yes, for the TNFJ, I will include horn/mouthpiece/gig bag dorn when it is all done...
I just had to share what is happening soon to my horn and what I will be receiving...
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
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Re: I'm excited...
It is always a good thing to get excited about things related to tuba. This is an undisputable fact.
Ray Grim
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Re: I'm excited...
What kind of tuba?? 

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Re: I'm excited...
doing the mods to a 1971 Mirafone 186
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
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Re: I'm excited...
Except this is tubenet and everything is disputable.TubaRay wrote:It is always a good thing to get excited about things related to tuba. This is an undisputable fact.

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I will readily concede this point!pierso20 wrote:Except this is tubenet and everything is disputable.TubaRay wrote:It is always a good thing to get excited about things related to tuba. This is an undisputable fact.

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Re: I'm excited...
one of the most exciting things? The price for the stuff I'm doing to my horn
(PM me if you want the details on price. I warn you, it is pretty good for it)
(PM me if you want the details on price. I warn you, it is pretty good for it)
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
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Re: I'm excited...
Now that's something to get excited about!TubaRay wrote:I will readily concede this point!pierso20 wrote:Except this is tubenet and everything is disputable.TubaRay wrote:It is always a good thing to get excited about things related to tuba. This is an undisputable fact.
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Re: I'm excited...
ah, but how about the cost?tubaguy9 wrote:one of the most exciting things? The price for the stuff I'm doing to my horn
(PM me if you want the details on price. I warn you, it is pretty good for it)
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Re: I'm excited...
Free?tubaguy9 wrote:one of the most exciting things? The price for the stuff I'm doing to my horn
(PM me if you want the details on price. I warn you, it is pretty good for it)
Dan Schultz
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
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I won't say on here...

(but I will say that it helps to know cirtain people...)



(but I will say that it helps to know cirtain people...)
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...
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Re: I'm excited...
My 186 is also @1971. Is yours a fixed upright or detachable recording bell variant?
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it's an upright. In CC.
I think I might end up as a grumpy old man when I get old...