Your suggestions for a Tuba harness?
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:34 pm
Looking for your experiences and your input.
Since high school I've always played my tuba solos and Dixie groups, etc., while standing, I just prefer it that way, just like when I solo on 'bone or trumpet, or play bass or whatever. Anyhow, I've been asked to solo next spring with our community band, and I ain't no spring chicken anymore, but I do prefer standing. I'm just thinking I may want a good strap/harness set-up when I get my Holton 345 back from repairs in a month or so. If you've performed using a harness, what do you recommend? I did a search here to no avail.
I guess what precipitates this question is that I've been playing a borrowed King 2341 while waiting on the repairs, and it's a nice horn. The first time I picked it up to play I actually laughed at how completely effortless it was to hold while standing. And it's not just me - my grown son (who has only seen me with the Holton for the last 25 yrs or so) came over for fishing the other day, saw the King in my den (I'd been playing just before he got there), and said,"What's that? It's kind of cute!" That made me realize that the difference between the two horns is real, not just something in my head.
SO, what have you tried that works?
Many thanks,
Tim
PS. To those of you who've used the 2341, what were your playing impressions?
Since high school I've always played my tuba solos and Dixie groups, etc., while standing, I just prefer it that way, just like when I solo on 'bone or trumpet, or play bass or whatever. Anyhow, I've been asked to solo next spring with our community band, and I ain't no spring chicken anymore, but I do prefer standing. I'm just thinking I may want a good strap/harness set-up when I get my Holton 345 back from repairs in a month or so. If you've performed using a harness, what do you recommend? I did a search here to no avail.
I guess what precipitates this question is that I've been playing a borrowed King 2341 while waiting on the repairs, and it's a nice horn. The first time I picked it up to play I actually laughed at how completely effortless it was to hold while standing. And it's not just me - my grown son (who has only seen me with the Holton for the last 25 yrs or so) came over for fishing the other day, saw the King in my den (I'd been playing just before he got there), and said,"What's that? It's kind of cute!" That made me realize that the difference between the two horns is real, not just something in my head.
SO, what have you tried that works?
Many thanks,
Tim
PS. To those of you who've used the 2341, what were your playing impressions?
