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The MW 45-SLP
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Deck mouthpieces.

(I play a Deck 3 now, so don't even....)
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the 2165

rotary valves

The Marcinkiewicz H1 :wink:

Oil can mouthpieces
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how bout the Pat Sheridan Besson E and the Dillon adjustable gap receiver.
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Wasn't the St. Petersburg "craze" starting just about then? Not sure if its a passing fad or not. What about the R&S Mouthpieces?
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How about those heavy weight valve caps?
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Z-Tuba Dude wrote:How about those heavy weight valve caps?
along with heavy weight mouthpieces
extra brass soldered onto the horn (like Jay's old Cerveny)
perhaps those attractive leather belts cinched around the bell
Burp
adjustable gap receivers
Dubro ball&socket rotary valve linkage conversions


and, what about.............some "bling" from the olden days.....
Bloke's satin silver Holton
Bloke's satin silver Eb helicon
beta 14??..........OK!

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Kalison
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Maybe I missed it?


Where are the acousticoil comments?
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helicons,
cut yorks,
conn sousas.

Those were around as fads for as long as I remember on tubenet.

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Every F tuba that's not a B&S

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A Conn souzy, pre MacMillan, is not a fad. It is a staple bordering on an institution.
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Post by dunelandmusic »

Somewhere around 1999-2000 wasn't there a lot about cutting/converting/building your own tuba?

Canadian Brass AJ mouthpieces seemed a bit in vogue then too (I still use one)

anything York was like touching heaven a few years back
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Acousticoils
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Chuck(G) wrote:Acousticoils

Already said it. :)

Was shocked, because back when I first started Tubenet... one of the longest threads concerned whether or not they really did anything...

Still haven't actually gotten the chance to play on one.
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djwesp wrote:
Chuck(G) wrote:Acousticoils

Already said it. :)

Was shocked, because back when I first started Tubenet... one of the longest threads concerned whether or not they really did anything...

Still haven't actually gotten the chance to play on one.
I remember the list, but didn't think that anyone else remembered them. :oops: The archives don't go all the way back, do they? What, maybe 1999?

Oh well, skeletonized mouthpieces, then.
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One we avoided?

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One fad I hope we tubists managed to sidestep as a tribe - subjecting our instruments to cryogenic torture. Quite a few trumpet jocks fell for that one. "When hell freezes over," I said!
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jeopardymaster wrote:One fad I hope we tubists managed to sidestep as a tribe - subjecting our instruments to cryogenic torture. Quite a few trumpet jocks fell for that one. "When hell freezes over," I said!

Fell for it?


It works.


(who only knows because his father works in molecular chemistry)
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Synthetic and petroleum based valve oils

Tuning Slide Grease

Euphonium slide kickers

Windex (mostly used by Greek wedding bands)

unlacquered bells, horns

Lip building/range building/lung building/finger strength building exercises and devices

I only listed the categories as the list would be longer than my typing could ever comlete.
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Post by gregsundt »

cktuba wrote:
Scooby Tuba wrote:Oh, Rudy 4345 piston and rotary, too.
Yep, I forgot those... strange since I play a Rudy 4/4 (RM 45).
Not so strange. The horn I would love to buy back today was a "pre" RM 45. I was shocked and dismayed when I played the "new" 4345s, and have since found out that they never really improved.
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