I finally worked up the guts....

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:33 am

... to play my 100 year old, three valve Eb in a polka gig over the weekend, and it went pretty darn good! This group uses sheet music, and I only flubbed a few fingerings here and there (I normally use my 4/4 BBb).

It held its own quite well I thought. I only had to take a few things up an octave that the horn simply couldn't play as written. It has enough punch to keep up with the louder sections and is super easy to get a nice sound out of. The group consisted of two clarinets, one alto sax, two trumpets, a trombone, and me and I thought it balanced just fine. No one else complained at the end!

This is the horn I want to convert to front action with 4 or 5 valves (see my post in the repair forum) to make it just a little more useful, but I was pleased that I finally worked up the courage to use it in a "real" gig!

Three Valves · Post by **Three Valves** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:38 am

Polka gigs after Christmas and before Easter??

Where is this magical kingdom??

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:43 am

the elephant wrote:Very cool! Did you snap any pics at the gig?

I didn't think about it until after the fact... sorry!

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:45 am

Three Valves wrote:Polka gigs after Christmas and before Easter??

Where is this magical kingdom??

It was at an assisted living center. Someone asked how old my tuba was, and I wanted to say "Older than most people here!"

Tubajug · Post by **Tubajug** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:39 pm

bloke wrote:"reading music and playing Eb tuba"...

Just about the only thing that makes no sense whatsoever is "looking at a C#, and mashing the 1st button".

Lucky for me I only ran into Db's!

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