Need a dozen or so sets of white Sousaphone pads.
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Need a dozen or so sets of white Sousaphone pads.
Seems that Brasswind is out of stock. Anyone else have a dozen or so sets of Sousaphone pads they could sell the Army Band. Mine is falling apart and we don't even have any for some newer horns.
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Re: Need a dozen or so sets of white Sousaphone pads.
Sean... I checked with Yamaha. They are back-ordered on the lower branch protector and the shoulder pad is showing 'obsolete' on their parts lists.WoodSheddin wrote:Seems that Brasswind is out of stock. Anyone else have a dozen or so sets of Sousaphone pads they could sell the Army Band. Mine is falling apart and we don't even have any for some newer horns.
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As I digest this thread, there are no commercial providers ready to deliver on the wanted sousaphone pads.
I am not into American law, but here that allows government at any level to set up shop itself. We have samples of that within roads and sewers.
In the actual case the solution may be much closer than expected. To some degree I am interested in military structures and supply systems.
I didn’t watch the really big Arlington funeral 43 years ago for the simple reason, that we were too poor to own a TV.
However certain occurrences from time to time let Arlington ceremonies pass over my news screen. Never the bands, but sometimes horses with elaborate harnesses.
I know, that such harnesses take a lot of maintenance. My standing on the combination of leather and brass instruments has been stated here recently as being problematic on the brass side of the equation.
However craftsmen able to work with real leather also can work with artificial leather and with foam (always go for the sulphur free variants).
My blacksmith always said: "You cannot damage a horse with your bare hands!"
The same does not go for brass instruments, so I would suggest, that a musician holds the sample sousaphone, while these craftsmen take their measurements of bows and shoulder supports.
I don’t know the number of horses deployed at Arlington, but our Royal Hussars are upheld to provide a royal escort of 48 officers and drafted privates. Including a 10 piece band of 1 kettle drummer and 9 Eb natural trumpets with a bent leadpipe to save the ears of the horses and the teeth of the players. They uphold a 2 man strong pro-level leather workshop.
Some like my anecdotes:
Our Royal Lifeguard is an infantry regiment, which demands any member to be of a certain height, which I think has been 175cm through all of my lifetime. The same goes for their extremely fine band except for the female members, which have been allowed for some 20 years. All have to wear the extremely heavy winter uniforms for the 5 months long season of shift of guard (the Queen only resides in Copenhagen during the winter - the provincial castles have shift of guard ceremonies, but the band only plays one duty at each of these 3 castles each year - those months are called the concert season).
My old bandmate Leo Sørensen will be forced to retire as the solo euph of the guard band by August 31st, because he turns sixty this month - we have pulled quite a number of jokes on each other and on our bandmaster in the common band of our youth).
I have followed that band for over 50 years. The really odd thing was that the conductor during my boyhood, also the composer of some really fine marches, had been accepted despite being a very short person. I think not much more than 160cm.
Back then the conductor marched along the front row right wing solo tubist on the 6 or so kilometres long out-leg of the parade. And the band took a great pride in making the left turns as wide as possible to annoy the conductor.
The conductor took his revenge, because he was off duty after the short concert. The band had to march the outgoing guard detachment home to the barracks under command of the drum major. The conductor took the short road, which happened to have a lot of cellar bars and bodegas. Let’s just say, that he knew the services of each and everyone. The regiment did not like that, so today the conductor is brought and fetched by a green motor vehicle.
The real irony in our hussars is, that they have a height limit of 178cm, because they keep their parade uniforms over a very long time, several decades I think. Their commanding major never was a hussar himself, because he is too tall. He rides right behind the royal chariot, so they had to make a uniform for him.
Have I strayed? Certainly! But I have had very positive feedback from young players having had no chance to know about the old days out of their own experience. Have I been helpful on the original matter of this thread? At least I strove to be so.
Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
I am not into American law, but here that allows government at any level to set up shop itself. We have samples of that within roads and sewers.
In the actual case the solution may be much closer than expected. To some degree I am interested in military structures and supply systems.
I didn’t watch the really big Arlington funeral 43 years ago for the simple reason, that we were too poor to own a TV.
However certain occurrences from time to time let Arlington ceremonies pass over my news screen. Never the bands, but sometimes horses with elaborate harnesses.
I know, that such harnesses take a lot of maintenance. My standing on the combination of leather and brass instruments has been stated here recently as being problematic on the brass side of the equation.
However craftsmen able to work with real leather also can work with artificial leather and with foam (always go for the sulphur free variants).
My blacksmith always said: "You cannot damage a horse with your bare hands!"
The same does not go for brass instruments, so I would suggest, that a musician holds the sample sousaphone, while these craftsmen take their measurements of bows and shoulder supports.
I don’t know the number of horses deployed at Arlington, but our Royal Hussars are upheld to provide a royal escort of 48 officers and drafted privates. Including a 10 piece band of 1 kettle drummer and 9 Eb natural trumpets with a bent leadpipe to save the ears of the horses and the teeth of the players. They uphold a 2 man strong pro-level leather workshop.
Some like my anecdotes:
Our Royal Lifeguard is an infantry regiment, which demands any member to be of a certain height, which I think has been 175cm through all of my lifetime. The same goes for their extremely fine band except for the female members, which have been allowed for some 20 years. All have to wear the extremely heavy winter uniforms for the 5 months long season of shift of guard (the Queen only resides in Copenhagen during the winter - the provincial castles have shift of guard ceremonies, but the band only plays one duty at each of these 3 castles each year - those months are called the concert season).
My old bandmate Leo Sørensen will be forced to retire as the solo euph of the guard band by August 31st, because he turns sixty this month - we have pulled quite a number of jokes on each other and on our bandmaster in the common band of our youth).
I have followed that band for over 50 years. The really odd thing was that the conductor during my boyhood, also the composer of some really fine marches, had been accepted despite being a very short person. I think not much more than 160cm.
Back then the conductor marched along the front row right wing solo tubist on the 6 or so kilometres long out-leg of the parade. And the band took a great pride in making the left turns as wide as possible to annoy the conductor.
The conductor took his revenge, because he was off duty after the short concert. The band had to march the outgoing guard detachment home to the barracks under command of the drum major. The conductor took the short road, which happened to have a lot of cellar bars and bodegas. Let’s just say, that he knew the services of each and everyone. The regiment did not like that, so today the conductor is brought and fetched by a green motor vehicle.
The real irony in our hussars is, that they have a height limit of 178cm, because they keep their parade uniforms over a very long time, several decades I think. Their commanding major never was a hussar himself, because he is too tall. He rides right behind the royal chariot, so they had to make a uniform for him.
Have I strayed? Certainly! But I have had very positive feedback from young players having had no chance to know about the old days out of their own experience. Have I been helpful on the original matter of this thread? At least I strove to be so.
Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
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