tuba gear... how to carry it all...

USStuba04 · Post by **USStuba04** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:39 pm

i was wondering how you guys carry all of your tuba gear...
i am trying to buy up some things that i ve been reading about...so far ive got...

a drummers throne for a chair, tuba stand "for use when not playing", and a fold up music stand, then theres the tuba of course... and the 2 or 3 books i always keep on meor a music folder if i am on a gig...
and i want to add a stand for when i play....

so i got to thinking how can i carry all this stuff in one trip, without the help of others...

do you guys have like super cases or something that you fit all your stuff in our maybe a case cover that you can attach all this stuff to...

lets give some case companys some ideas....

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:53 pm

If I have to bring the standard gear plus a second tuba and my own seating, I just give up and make two trips.

If I only have to bring one tuba, then I stuff everything except the folding keyboard bench into a bag for the Manhasset Voyager music stand. I carry the bench and Voyager bag in one hand and roll my case with the other.

I actually have a four-wheeled cart that my wife and I use to haul dog show equipment and I have considered using it. However, it seems almost everywhere I go the shortest, easiest route requires negotiating stairs...

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 6:38 pm

A drummers throne and a tuba stand? Too much stuff IMO. If at all possible, find a way to sit comfotably in most all chairs. For me that meant finding a horn which sat well in my lap so I was not dependent on chair real estate to set the tuba.

As far as a tuba stand to set the tuba in, just use the bell and set the tuba on the floor.

Most gig bags have pockets to carry music.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:19 pm

A friend of mine uses one of those fold-up grocery carts like the ones I've seen little old ladies use to get their stuff home from the store.

Another fellow uses a modified laundry cart to haul all of his stuff.

chevy68chv · Post by **chevy68chv** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:36 pm

I think it would be cool to show up to a gig with all your stuff strapped onto on eof these beauties

gwwilk · Post by **gwwilk** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:50 pm

I carry my K&M King-sized stand, my Baltimore Brass tuba playing rest, music, and odds and ends in a large gym bag that has a shoulder strap. I tow my tuba in its rolling case with the gym bag over my shoulder.

If I ever have to carry my drum throne as well I will use a 20" bass drum soft case for everything. I bought it cheaply on ebay a year ago, but I couldn't find any real bargains there just now.

Jerry "all tubists are bound to feel like pack animals at times" Wilkins

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:28 pm

While many professionals including the esteemed Mr. Baer advocate bringing your own chair, it is often not possible. I have found that a $7 dining room chair seat cushion from WalMart allows many unfriendly chairs to be workable. I have had one for the last 8 years and used it on many chairs including those dreadful folding metal chairs and plastic "clamshell" chairs. Posture problems fixed. I can stuff it in the bell so it takes up no additional space in a case or gigbag.

jtuba · Post by **jtuba** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:29 pm

Do what I do...make someone you outrank "volunteer" to carry extra equipment. Usually someone who outranks me takes care of this, but sometime I have to task it out. The joys of military music. Hurry up and get promoted.

USStuba04 · Post by **USStuba04** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:28 am

well... i would use a the bell instead of a stand but if you have ever been on the flight deck or in the hanger of an aircraft carrier then you know why i use a stand...
and i like to use a drummers throne because when i go out on quintet gigs and our sponsor forgets to get the quintet chairs... well then im screwed.. and i can adjust the height on the throne.. so t works great.. and besides..they are comfy on my bum...

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:33 pm

USStuba04 wrote: so i got to thinking how can i carry all this stuff in one trip, without the help of others...

I use a ProTec gig bag for my Holton because it has two roomy pockets that hold more than my RB bag. I would have lived with the RB bag (which I bought for the York Master but which is supposed to fit the big grand orchestral instruments) except that the Holton just fit too tightly in it. I put the new Baltimore Brass stand in a DEG bag, and that goes in the bell of the Holton. I'm quite happy that the stand is well enough padded in that bag.

I use the RB bag that fits my Miraphone to carry my B&S F tuba. I wear that on my back, and carry the Holton by the handle on the gig bag. I can therefore make it in one trip even if I have to bring both tubas. I can even manage a good folding stand on occasion.

But my right elbow joint is coming unglued, and I'm gonna hafta think of something else. It's been a problem for a couple of months now, and it's getting worse.

Rick "who suffers from Heavy Briefcase Syndrome" Denney

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:05 pm

bloke wrote:The one non-drumming non-bass-playing musician that I've known in the past 40 years who carried their own 'playing chair' was nick-named 'Weird Frank' "

I know some cellist that carry their own chair instead of the wedgy cushion.

I usually keep a folding keyboard bench in the car just in case I get there and the plastic folding chairs are from the Kindergarden. Does that make me weird?

funkcicle · Post by **funkcicle** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:27 pm

iibagod wrote:
The other option is to build a custom case with a seat and steering column....who needs a car when my tuba gets 30 mpg?

30? go for 70!

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:29 pm

Who needs a case anyway...

IkeH · Post by **IkeH** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:14 pm

This thread made recall a horror story: My freshman year in college, during brass choir rehearsal, a bomb threat was called in at the building where the music dept. was. The zealous director had us carry our instruments, stands & music across the drive to the student center to finish the rehearsal. There I was, with the school's NEW Karl Ziess BBb in one hand and the music stand w/music folder on the stand in the other. First, the music started to fall. Yep, you guessed it, the horn landed on the edge of the sidewalk - the "cong" echoed thoughout the campus - and banged out a nice big dent in the shiny new Ziess which remained until I graduated as a haunting reminder about how to be careful about such things.

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:04 pm

funkcicle wrote: 30? go for 70!

Or 7:

Rick "who can carry a lot o'tubas in that sucker--and still have room to sleep--as long as no bells exceed 24 inches" Denney

IkeH · Post by **IkeH** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:22 pm

"Clark, that there's an RV." - cousin Eddie

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