Drugs in my leadpipe

schleifdog · Post by **schleifdog** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:57 am

This one is too good not to share. I recently purchased on e-bay, in a single lot, a gold-plated Conn Helleburg, plus a Conn sousaphone neckpipe and two tuning bits.

The description was as follows:

UP FOR BID IS A CONN-BELLEBERG TUBA MOUTHPIECE WITH ADDITIONAL REMOVABLE PIECES. THEY ARE ATTACHED TOGETHER NOW, BUT ARE REMOVABLE IF NEEDED. I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TUBA PARTS, ALL I KNOW IS THAT WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL SHE BOUGHT THIS TO START IN THE BAND. IT IS USED BUT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

When it arrived, I took it all apart, and set about cleaning it. As soon as I tried to put a snake in the gooseneck, I hit something hard. I looked inside, and a small screen was blocking my way; I gently pried it out with tweezers, and took a whiff; the odor of weed was unmistakable.

I guess when the Seller's daughter quit the band, she found another use for her lead pipe!

Anyway, it's all cleaned up and playing fine now.

DaTubaKid · Post by **DaTubaKid** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:06 am

When I was in high school, I had a couple of guys try to steal my mouthpiece from my horn during pep band. At first they tried to buy it off me, but when I said no, they tried to take it when I set my horn down. I managed to stop them, but to say the least I was not pleased with them.

TomMxEdit · Post by **TomMxEdit** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:15 am

Bet it'll be great on the high notes!

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:18 pm

With a setup like that you would also need a snack tray on the sousa!

The Big Ben · Post by **The Big Ben** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:30 pm

See? All you guys with your scientifically designed and machined mouthpieces can't make anything more relaxing than the good old Helleburg designed by ol' August way back when...

Jeff "I own two of them" Benedict

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:51 pm

That would be a "Hellebong" mouthpiece...

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:06 pm

I'm sure she was just"holding it for a friend"....

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:27 pm

A local high school band director has long complained that his trombone and euphonium mouthpieces keep getting stolen for use as bongs.

I suggested that he purchase some Kelly mouthpieces. Nothing worse than a bong that melts.

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:53 pm

When I was in high school ALL the tuba,trombone,and euph mouhtpieces were stolen at one time. This included a Bach 6 1/2 Al that I had puchased on my own.

Long story short : All the pothead drummers stole them and use them to make bongs . Someone put some pressure on them to return them and they were never charged with the theft. Mine smelled so bad of pot I just threw it away and bought a new. Not an easy task for a 15 year old kid with no job . I had to bum around the neighborhood for odd jobs to scrape up the $25.00 .

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:57 pm

oldbandnerd wrote:All the pothead drummers stole them and use them to make bongs

Lucky they never thought of "roach lyres"...

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:33 pm

Lucky it was not being shipped from overseas.

Image the consequences if customs found the dope

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:56 pm

Anybody make mouthpieces out of meerschaum?

pierso20 · Post by **pierso20** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:41 pm

when I was in highschool, 2 guys got suspended and then expelled. They were caught using tuba mouthpieces as bongs in the practice rooms...gha

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:22 pm

Hmm. Boy, am I behind -- and I thought the "unfinished" mouthpieces that show up from time to time on eBay, you know, with the bowl finished, but not cut from the base stock, would make a good shot glass.

OldsRecording · Post by **OldsRecording** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:52 pm

It's the weirdest thing...I practice for a couple hours, all of a sudden I get this craving for Cheetos...

andrew the tuba player · Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:11 pm

Cheetos?? i like Mountain dew....whuch is pretty hard on horns....but oh well. does caffine count as a drug?

DaTubaKid · Post by **DaTubaKid** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:03 am

pierso20 wrote:when I was in highschool, 2 guys got suspended and then expelled. They were caught using tuba mouthpieces as bongs in the practice rooms...gha

You don't suppose they got band credit for spending time in the practices rooms, do you?

Oh wait...expelled, I suppose it wouldn't matter

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:09 am

Why mess with the small stuff. Fill a sousa bell with grass and huff right through the mouthpipe. Sounds like something out of a Cheece and Chong movie!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:49 am

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:51 pm

Neptune wrote:Lucky it was not being shipped from overseas.

Image the consequences if customs found the dope

I have heard of things like this that happened in Singapore and Malaysia where drug possession means a summary execution--no questions asked...

The poor recipients got punished!