I did a little playing, for the first time, on a MW 25 tonight. From around C below staff on up, I was getting some powerful sound and projection. I'd say it was downright impressive. When getting down in the bottom notes, its power dropped off rapidly. I was reminded of a race tuned engine where there is relatively little torque at low RPM, but get the thing up in its power range and it really takes off. The paddle springs presented far more resistance than my 191 -- a ridiculous amount, I thought. I don't know what the motivation for that is. The weight of the horn felt significantly lighter than the 191. Overall, if somebody required that I play only that horn, I could probably live with it ... after letting some tension off those paddle springs.
Miraphone 291 CC
Yorkbrunner CC
Eastman 632 CC
Mack Brass 421 CC
YFB-822 F
YFB-821 F
YFB-621 F
PT-10 F Clone
MackMini F
Willson 3050 Bb
Meinl Weston 451S euphonium
And countless trumpets, trombones, guitars, and every other instrument under the sun…
The amusing, yet sad, yet amusing thing about that is that someone actually said, at some point: "Hey, Mr. Nimoy! Sounds great! That's a wrap! Gold record, here we come!"
bardus est ut bardus probo, Bill Souder
All mushrooms are edible, some are edible only once.
OldsRecording wrote:The amusing, yet sad, yet amusing thing about that is that someone actually said, at some point: "Hey, Mr. Nimoy! Sounds great! That's a wrap! Gold record, here we come!"
Hey, it's a gig.
I suspect that anyone my age trying to record hip-hop will sound just as silly in another 40 years.
The guys behind this silliness were probably guys who started backing artists in the 30's. Their attempts at understanding the 60's aren't really any dumber than attempts at understanding the 60's by those too young to have experienced them.
Rick "not sure that song was really worthy of a better singer" Denney
schlepporello wrote:And a whole lot better lookin' than Leonard.
Which is not saying a heck of a lot, really...
Hey! I thought he was looking more dapper than usual... I don't remember seeing him without the pointy ears! I thought it was just a birth abnormality that worked out well for the 'Trek plot!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
I finished the backyard on the chicken coop at the kids school. complete with: dog door to keep the chickens in thier house at night, 1/4" square wire dug 8" down to discourage the racoons, and a lovely chicken wire top to keep the hawks away.
Update! Back from my vacation at Esalen. Only visited the bathing-suit-optional coed hot tubs once. Got lots of good exercise, ate lots of good food, got lots of good sleep. Didn't see any other tuba players there.
Update:
I now have that "I don't want to loose you tonight" hook firmly stuck in my head right before going to bed. Curse you, Chuck Jackson and your What the F#@! thread!!
the elephant wrote:But Chuck Jackson is pure evil, which is difficult to attain. It takes many years as a string teacher to achieve absolutely pure evilness.
I am 105% Pure Incarnate Evil. Not only do I teach strings, but I also am a *cue creepy music* CONDUCTOR
Chuck"time to hide the children and protect the womenfolk"Jackson