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tubatooter1940
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windshieldbug wrote:Marzan slant-valve CC w/ Mirafone Rose Solo
Mirafone 184 4U CC
Meinl Weston 45 F
Distin Eb upright
Conn Eb helicon
Missenharter/Coleman Eb "raincatcher"
Conn double bell Pryorphone
Alexander F horn
Lenhert Eb Centennial valve trombone
Besson prototype Bb cornet
A question my wife would ask: " Can you play them all at once?"

My arsenal:
1940 Eb King recording tuba-24 inch bell-w/ Kelly 24AW mouthpiece
Olds Ambassador trumpet and cornet
Conn tenor bone
1960 Gibson archtop ES330 guitar with Korg effects pedal for guitar and tuba
mid-70's Yamaha dreadnought acoustic guitar
Martin Backpacker acoustic guitar/w/ gigbag
16 channel Mackie board with six 300 watt EON self-powered speakers
Three Schure SM58 mikes and one SM57 mike all with tripod boom stands Three Sennheiser wireless (super hot) mikes with tripod boom stands
Peavy 6000 P.A. with two Audio Centron speakers
Two vans and a 4' by 8' trailer
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Besson 995 CC tuba with Sidey SSH

Conn 3J with either an original Helleburg, or Mike Finn 3H

Meinl Weston 45S with Rose Brass bell, nickel bell garland, and
other tweaks - Mike Finn 4

That's about it that works in my house for now.
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Post by Teubonium »

My inventory is listed in my signature.




:)
Bach Strad 36BO Sakbutt
Besson 967 Euph
MW2141 Eb
Kanstul 33s BBb
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zoro wrote:Nice hat!
$1.98 at Oriental Trading Company! :wink:
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Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
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tubatooter1940 wrote:A question my wife would ask: " Can you play them all at once?"
I don't know. Can you hum a bar or two, and maybe I'll recognize it? :shock:
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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F- YFB822
Eb- Besson Silver 983 (former sheridan horn)
CC- Miraphone 186 5v
Sous- Conn 24k
Euph- Willson 2704 (worst TUNING EVER)
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Post by clagar777 »

PT-606PS
King 3B Trombone
Yamaha Sax
Schecter S-1 Elite Electric Guitar
Ibanez RX Electric Guitar
Carvin Acoustic
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imperialbari
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Re: axes

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djwesp wrote:Sous- Conn 24k
Please tell me abot the features of the 24K:

Pitch

Bell diameter

Bore of and number of valves

Material (my suspicions go in the direction of a 4 short action pistons fibre instrument)

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cktuba wrote:Rummaging through old TubeNet I came across the following thread...
http://www.chisham.com/tips/bbs/feb2003 ... 23517.html
I thought it might be interesting to resurrect this old topic and see how things have changed.
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Here's what I wrote in that older thread:
Holton BB-345 with (at the moment) a PT-48
York Master (BBb) with a Doug Elliott 132-2N-T-6, with a custom outer shank.
Miraphone 186 (BBb) with a Doug Elliott 132-2N-R-4
Yamaha 621 F tuba with either a Warburton custom or a Doug Elliott 132-2N-R-4, depending on mood.
Besson pre-Sovereign New Standard (?) comp. euphonium with a SM3 or SM4, depending on mood.
Since then, I have added a pre-Parantucci B&S Symphonie for when I need a large F, and I play it with a Finn MF-4. That experience has led me to use the MF-4 on my Yamaha 621, too.

And I dallied with a Laskey 30H on the Holton for a while, but I'm back to the PT-48.

I almost forgot the Conn 14K sousaphone, which I play with whatever mouthpiece is handy.

I've also added Olds Ambassador and Conn 48H trombones and a Fender Precision Bass Plus since that last writing.

Rick "who is set for a while" Denney
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1970s B&S BBb, 6-valve, 4/4 tuba w/ MF3H
1937 York BBb, 4-valve, 4/4 tuba w/ MF3H
1921 Conn BBb, 4-valve, Helicon w/ Bach 18 or MF3H
1980s Cerveny, F, 4-valve w/ MF4
beta 14??..........OK!

Mid 70's B&S Tuba
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dmmorris wrote:1970s B&S BBb, 6-valve, 4/4 tuba w/ MF3H
1937 York BBb, 4-valve, 4/4 tuba w/ MF3H
1921 Conn BBb, 4-valve, Helicon w/ Bach 18 or MF3H
1980s Cerveny, F, 4-valve w/ MF4
I wasn’t aware, that Massey Ferguson makes tuba mouthpieces.

Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
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Post by Bill Troiano »

tubas: Conn 52J CC
Yamaha 621 CC
mouthpieces: Alan Baer II CC in stainless
Kellyberg NY Yankee

Although, I've owned F's and Eb's over the years, I haven't had any need for one in years. I'm getting antsy lately though!!
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Willson 2900 euphonium (lacquer) December 2004
Willson 2900 euphonium (s/p) March 1992
Besson Enharmonic 4v euphonium (s/p) 1920
Besson (France) 3v euphonium (s/p) 1915
Boosey Solbron 3v euphonium (brass) 1919
Hawkes Dictor 4v euphonium (s/p) 1918
Courtois 4v (non comp) euphonium (brass) 1900
Highams 5v euphonium (s/p) 1902
Highams 5v euphonium (brass) 1891
Highams 4v (non comp) euphonium (s/p) 1914
Olds 2v Marching Baritone in G

About 6 more odd ones for spares & repairs.

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http://www.euph9.freeserve.co.uk/neweuph.htm
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Post by Lew »

These are the main horns that I use

King 2341 - Elliott R6E
King 1291 - Dillon R1
Besson 983 - Hauser LM15
Conn 28K - Bacn 32E
Conn 40K - Conn Helleberg
King 5 valve double bell euphonium - Bach 11C
Olds (Fullerton) valve trombone - Olds 3
Besson 983
Henry Distin 1897 BBb tuba
Henry Distin 1898 BBb Helicon
Eastman EBB226
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Doc wrote:
imperialbari wrote:I wasn’t aware, that Massey Ferguson makes tuba mouthpieces.
You should pay closer attention, Klaus. These are about 180hp.
As a Doc you would know, that less chocolate implies less energy to ones eyes.

How comes that things run off track, when we two are let loose on each other. After all you are an USasian low brass player. They are not supposed to own the gift of humour. Of course I could list a few not fitting within the general demographics, but they still are few.

With another boardmember things don’t go off track, but off truck. Schlepp that point home yourselves. With yet another boarder the wheelboats tend to strand at a certain point of the Nile.

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My linguistic point might have had come better through, if I had spelled like this: USAsians (which has absolutely nothing with Asia to do, but is part of my nations way of handling words. New constellations are mandatory. I balked at one point: I knew a Somalian woman by the name of Aisha, who wanted her name spoken like Asia. I refused. Naming a well-upholstered lady after a continent was too much even for my lack of diplomacy. So I said Aïsha).

German chocolate is great. That was where I got my taste for it. At least at industrial levels it is better than Danish chocolate. However the Belgians and the Swiss are better in mass-produced chocolates. Feodora is just a sample. And to my knowledge that name is Russian.

I could tell some chocolate stories, but don’t tempt me.

Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre,
who has problems with our wealth of sunlight even behind the curtains


PS: Just saw on TV, that a Swiss cow and her calf had resorted to a private home swimming pool. And she even wasn’t blue (a reference to a German TV-commercial not necessarily known in the USA).

Europe most certainly has got herself a summer.
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Doc wrote:
imperialbari wrote:I wasn’t aware, that Massey Ferguson makes tuba mouthpieces.
You should pay closer attention, Klaus. These are about 180hp.

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Yes, they're made to go with tubas with tuned exhaust.
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Conn 25J BBb Mongo-tuba
Hall & Quimby 1864 Eb side-rotor tuba
Modulus Quantum 6 bass guitar
Ibanez SR-1000 bass guitar
Bundy bass clarinet (stinker)
JP/Sterling 377 compensating Eb; Warburton "The Grail" T.G.4, RM-9 7.8, Yamaha 66D4; for sale > 1914 Conn Monster Eb (my avatar), ca. 1905 Fillmore Bros 1/4-size Eb, Bach 42B trombone
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Post by Mark E. Chachich »

Alexander 163 CC - 4 valves - this is my main tuba (since 1975) - Bach 7

Meinl Weston 32 CC - 5 valves - backup tuba (since 1986) - Bach 7

York Monster E flat - 4 valves - bass tuba (since 1978) - Bach 25

Kay M-2 3/4 size String Bass (since 1979) - German Bow
(some M-2 basses were 3/4 size)

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