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Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:05 pm
by bisontuba
bloke wrote:My music director is asking me to get a better sound out of my ophicleide...so I'm probably going to just go ahead get a new one.
Of all of the myriad makes of ophicleides out there, how does this one rate?
Hows the intonation/workmanship/etc...??
http://jeromewiss.com/en/fabrication-en/ophicleide-bb/
Dam-I sold my restored 12 Key Graves Bb years back for less than that
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:42 pm
by Three Valves
I wouldn't go to all that expense if all you do is play the ophicleide polka on it!!
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:42 pm
by bort
Neat stuff!
I mean, there are probably 1's of people in the world who truly *need* something like this, but I sure am glad that there is still at least 1 person motivated enough to build it. That's pretty insane to think about, right?
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:55 pm
by pjv
According to Berlioz the best ophicleide ... is a tuba.
Just sayin'
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:12 pm
by Michael Bush
bloke wrote:my ophicleide...so I'm probably going to just go ahead get a new one.
I don't see what's wrong with the ophicleide you already have...
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:24 pm
by roweenie
ValveSlide wrote:I had an ophicleide for about 5 minutes. Glad it's gone.
I exited unscathed, financially and musically.
Bloke needs one... or two.
One in B flat, and one in C.
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:49 pm
by roweenie
bloke wrote:lacquer...??
silver...??
No, no, heavens no!
Only bright red will do....
(If you insist upon calling attention to yourself by playing one of those things, you'd might as well do it in a big way.....)
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:18 pm
by dwerden
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:27 pm
by Rivercity Tuba
Just get a serpent
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:55 pm
by MikeMason
Prissy little bitches think they can hear grass grow.
Re: better instrument
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:47 pm
by Tabor
You might just need a repair or adjustment. Is there a good repair shop near
by?
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:56 am
by Three Valves
ValveSlide wrote:I believe that the
serpent showdown shown here was held in merry ol' England...
bloke wrote:When guys get old, though, I guess (sorta like Harley Davidson owners)
they all get together up north and show them off, eh?
MikeMason wrote:Prissy little bitches think they can hear grass grow.
Norf England.
Exactly!!
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:03 am
by roweenie
bloke wrote:Rivercity Tuba wrote:Just get a serpent
I have one, but it seems to be getting smaller...Does that mean I'm going sharp? When guys get old, though, I guess (sorta like Harley Davidson owners) they all get together up north and show them off, eh?
That has got to be one of the most bizarre music(?)-related photos I have even seen.
I can just imagine what Berlioz might say ("now that we've got them
all in one place.....")
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 11:26 am
by JCalkin
ValveSlide wrote:roweenie wrote:ValveSlide wrote:I had an ophicleide for about 5 minutes. Glad it's gone.
I exited unscathed, financially and musically.
Bloke needs one... or two.
One in B flat, and one in C.
I like the way you think...
Lacquered silver and silver lacquer... then painted red.
Heck, no. pOphecleide, made of plastic. I hear they play just fine with a metal mouthpiece.
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:28 pm
by ken k
to bring this thread back on topic.....I would imagine you could get a world class sound out of that ophy....
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:45 pm
by ken k
Seems like a job for Sellmansberger Mouthpieces....
I think there could be a huge market in this Joe.
bloke wrote:ken k wrote:to bring this thread back on topic.....I would imagine you could get a world class sound out of that ophy....
' needs a curved-rim mouthpiece, though.
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:26 pm
by bisontuba
The perfect Presidential team....Lurch & Cousin It....
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:00 pm
by bisontuba
bloke wrote:bisontuba wrote:The perfect Presidential team....Lurch & Cousin It....
1/ Wouldn't that be what would we would have, were the premier opponents to - simply - team up?
2/ Aren't you breaking a rule that is stated at the top of each forum?
3/ just for the Knoxvillian: [img]insert-your-favorite-marginally-work-appropriate-Oktoberfest-picture%20here[/img]
Yes, I broke rule #2 ....fine me
Re: better instrument
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:25 pm
by rudysan
Create a mouthpiece
Re: better instrument
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:43 am
by Bob Kolada
bloke wrote:Rivercity Tuba wrote:Just get a serpent
I have one, but it seems to be getting smaller...Does that mean I'm going sharp? When guys get old, though, I guess (sorta like Harley Davidson owners) they all get together up north and show them off, eh?
What a bunch of nerds!
please ignore me having owned a contrabass trumpet, contra trombone, bass trumpet, cimbasso, and a multitude of 100 year old Eb's...