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black tuba

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:58 pm
by ken k
hello fellow tubenetters,

harv hartman cleaned up an old yamaha YBB103 for me and lacquered it black just for fun. He had recently black-lacquered a Conn 2J for Matt Brown and Matt had some lacquer left over, so we bought a quart and sprayed my yammie. I have used this on a dixie trio gig with a Neotech harness and it is great for strolling. It has a perfect sound for the trio. The one thing I do not like about it is the spacing of the valves. The third valve is offset and designed more for little hands, so I need to really curve my fingers or play from the second knuckle, either technique works actually....

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ken "yes that is a real elephant...." k

Re: black tuba

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:18 pm
by Tubajug
I like it!

Re: black tuba

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:49 pm
by Chadtuba
I have a black trombone, I'd love to get a little 103 and do this!

Re: black tuba

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:03 pm
by ken k
Chadtuba wrote:I have a black trombone, I'd love to get a little 103 and do this!
maybe i will sell it eventually..... i would like to find a YBB621.
k

Re: black tuba

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:31 pm
by Art Hovey
Imitation is the sincere form of flattery.

Re: black tuba

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:10 am
by imperialbari
And then it is elephant approved!

A couple running a restaurant here in my town had toured Europe as musical clowns in various circus companies. She once told me that due to boredom horses and elephants became very destructive. So she and her husband had it in their contracts that their act could not be scheduled right before or after a horse or elephant act, as they didn’t want their instruments snatched by an evil animal passing by them.

Klaus

Re: black tuba

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:34 pm
by acjcf2
That's kick ***!

Re: black tuba

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:40 pm
by ken k
Art Hovey wrote:Imitation is the sincere form of flattery.
:D

Re: black tuba

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:59 am
by jwjeffrey
French Tuba Player Michel Godard who plays with Dave Bargeron in Tuba,Tuba and is a free lance Tuba Player in Europe plays a black Yamaha (I Think F-Tuba).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_D0vQWdTIc" target="_blank" target="_blank

Re: black tuba

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:10 am
by eupher61
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... YRuNrrbXqE

get past the first 4 minutes of drum, and it becomes very cool...