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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....

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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?

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!

Who needs a case anyway...

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.

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

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