Glad there aren't natural tubas

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:47 pm

Indeed! And it works! Now my son (he's 8 ) is blowing notes in my tuba! And still giggling!

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:42 pm

Back to those old Roman pictures: You do know that the Latin word for trumpet is tuba!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:20 pm

LoyalTubist wrote:You do know that the Latin word for trumpet is tuba!

I therefore feeled compelled to say:
"ellway, I ancay laypay etterbay hantay ouyay!!!"

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:23 pm

Than is an-thay!

I know both kinds of Latin.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:25 pm

* Not if I'm a Roman trumpet blatter!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:56 am

windshieldbug wrote:
LoyalTubist wrote:You do know that the Latin word for trumpet is tuba!
I therefore feeled compelled to say:
"ellway, I ancay laypay etterbay hantay ouyay!!!"

Is your tuba, like your latin, a Cerveny "Piggy?"

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:52 pm

That's good.

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:24 pm

windshieldbug wrote:... something like this?

Oh, man -- I got ta get me one o' them!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:00 pm

Kevin Hendrick wrote:Oh, man -- I got ta get me one o' them!

Just make sure that the teflon shoes and slider beams work

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:07 pm

windshieldbug wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote:Oh, man -- I got ta get me one o' them!
Just make sure that the teflon shoes and slider beams work

Yeah, I've heard they're the first things to go. The slider beams I'm not too worried about -- the nearest White Castle is more than 50 miles away, but they're available frozen locally, so no problem there. I am worried about the shoes -- is there anybody around who can plate teflon back up to size?

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:46 pm

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:15 pm

LoyalTubist wrote:Tubas weren't around yet. You won't find tubas in Baroque music. Tubas have had valves all through their history, since the 1835 patent in Berlin, Germany, which is where we mark the beginning of the tuba.

Say it ain't so! I have at least three or four pieces of music written by that Gabrieli fellow that clearly say "Tuba" in the upper left corner. And near as I know, he was even before the Baroque!

[removing tongue from cheek for a moment]

I would say that the invention of the valve is what made instruments like the tuba possible. When the first reliable valves came along, guys like Wieprecht said, "Great! Now we can get rid of that POS serpent with an instrument that I can sell dozens of to the Prussian Guard bands. I LOVE this country!"

Yes, that is an exact quote.

Rick "who learns something new every day" Denney

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:25 pm

Rick Denney wrote:I would say that the invention of the valve is what made instruments like the tuba possible. When the first reliable valves came along, guys like Wieprecht said, "Great! Now we can get rid of that POS serpent with an instrument that I can sell dozens of to the Prussian Guard bands. I LOVE this country!"

That wasn't an EXACT quote... I think it went more like this:

"Great! Now we can get rid of that POS serpent with an instrument that I can sell dozens of to the Prussian Guard bands. They'll be using six valves instead of 11 keys, but each of those valves will have to be aligned both open and closed, and then the valve tubing will have to be adjusted, along with the valve action set for each user... GOD I LOVE this country!"

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:49 am

Actually, Wieprecht was so enamoured with his valves he just stopped with, "What a great country!" when he got his patent, and it was Moritz that said, "I can sell....."

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:03 pm

iiipopes wrote:Actually, Wieprecht was so enamoured with his valves he just stopped with, "What a great country!" when he got his patent, and it was Moritz that said, "I can sell....."

Don't be too sure. Moritz was the craftsman, but Wieprecht was the salesman. The sales guys always get paid the best.

Rick "not a sales guy" Denney