Buried Gems of Tubenet

[windshieldbug]

Well put/found!

[pjv]

Right tool for the right job.
I also have an minty Olds valve-trombone. Its the marching model (flugelbone). 6" Bell and a .510" bore I believe. Really an amazing instrument with a beautiful velvety sound.
Ok, so much for sound "descriptions". I'm just very happy with a valve trombone which I can truly consider to be a professional quality instrument. I put a thumb tuning thingamajig on the main to lower the 123 and the 7th partial G which rides too high but doesn't really cut it with only the 3rd valve.

[windshieldbug]

In the orchestra world you're only a hero for a day but you can be a loser for the rest of your career."

No matter what he was referring to, this is the part I would emphasize

[bort]

When I (admittedly, as a last minute lark, and not properly prepared...though I managed to worm my way into the semi-finals) auditioned for Fort Worth quite a few years ago, I was playing for them using a BORROWED (and not particularly good...though bort might disagree) contrabass (C) tuba.

Piston version...

[Donn]

I'm wondering if Matt was talking about the euphonium vs F tuba argument for bydlo in the original quote

Exactly. Opening paragraph:

My Alexander 151G Baritontuba has a 12 inch bell, a .610 bore and four rotary valves in gold brass. It looks like a minature Alexander F Tuba. I got it so when I play Bydlo, I can sleep at night.

Quoted paragraph begins

I know spending 3K on an instrument like this may seem excessive but ...

[Michael Bush]

Your point is quite fair, bloke. Eleven years on...

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl ... year2=2016

[Donn]

Well, there's stuff buried in there with significant information content, for those who are interested in that kind of thing. Like, who can forget G.D.R. B&S contrabass tubas, or you could just catalogue Matt Walters' posts.

[tubapix]

This is the link in Tubajug's signature... Great Job!!

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[Michael Bush]

This usually stays buried but pops back up from time to time:

Packing a tuba for shipping (lots of pitures).

One of the most valuable "gems" on here.

[pjv]

Most in tune tuba's.

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