What F tuba did Gene Pokorny play on

[Biggs]

Ah-ha! After putting some thought into the name "Ben Cunnings," I returned to my school's tuba studio's website for some additional digging.

The members of the studio are listed, with picture and information, alphabetically by last name. The fellow who is listed immediately ahead of me has a first name of Ben, and the fellow who is listed immediately after me has a last name of Cunningham.

Given the jab at Ashland on top of this, I'd say James is afoot and is impersonating some type of "bizarro-world" version of me. Normally I would avoid conspiracy theories (especially ones regarding tuba websites...), but this seems almost too obvious. Nice try, James!

[THE TUBA]

Why does this matter?

[tubashaman2]

Todd S Malicoate,

I created this username to post only when needed, to buy stuff, or when absouletly needed (which this is one). I am just emailing people to find out answers or spending hours on google.

DO NOT accuse me of making false names, which is not true. Regarding your post about some rural school having a CC tuba, well out here in west texas, there is a school which I have visited that had a CC tuba. It was in poor shape and had not been played on in years, but it was a old miraphone 186 in a town of less than 1000 people. It needs alot of work and its school property. Also in the 1970s Lake Highlands HS in Dallas bought 14 (or more) CC tubas. Several other schools around here have beat up holtons, Conns, etc 6/4 size tubas the poor beginning kids can barely play because they are so big and thats all the school has....

Anyways I have been too busy to post with gradschool applications, school projects, and auditions only a little over a month away.

~James "who was not a bully in school" Green

[Todd S. Malicoate]

So, just for clarification, James...you are saying you're not "tubamaster2005" on TubeNet, correct? It's just a coincidence, correct?

And, also for clarification...it is way, way, way beyond unbelievable that a high school student in the middle of rural Maine in a school of 246 people in grades 6-12 (maybe 20 or 30 in band?) would have to come on here and ask what kind of horn he has not realizing he's been playing a C tuba the whole time, even though the band director is a tuba player. That's what I was pointing out, not that no small schools would ever have any C tubas.

Someone who creates a fake name then trolls for answers to make-believe problems wastes everyone's time...people that have a genuine desire to help posters with tuba-related questions. Whether it was you or not, someone invented this person for some bizarre reason. Pointing out such a person has nothing to do with being a bully...it has everything to do with promoting an honest discussion.

Will the real "Ben Cunnings" please stand up?

[tubamaster2005]

My name is Ben Cunnings, and I do not go to school in Ashland public schools, but I go to a private school, and my band director is not a tuba player.

I am a sophomore in highschool and used google and found something on here about Arnold Jacobs in research for a school project. My band director in that time also told me I needed a new mouthpiece for symphonic band and the Monette mouthpiece yous guys had me buy was entirely too big and expensive. Pokorny said on the broadcast he was switching horns from F to CC and I was just wondering.

[SFAtuba]

Hey Bob,

I bought a Gronitz F from Mr. Pokorny a while back, so unless he has purchased another one I would assume that he does not currently have one.

Hope this helps!

[Chris Smith]

http://www.xanga.com/tubamaster2005" target="_blank" target="_blank

Really?

But on subject I would really rather talk more about BBb tubas. I am wondering if Mr. Pokorny decides that he really loves the BBb tuba for some excerpts that this might become a standard part of every orchestral (or aspiring) player's collection of tubas.

[Biggs]

This is too funny, but likely doomed for a preemptive lock.

People actually interested in discussing GP's tubas may need to start a new thread.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Wow. Sorry to everyone for hijacking the thread with my little "investigation." It would certainly appear that I've got the proverbial egg on my face.

Good luck to you, Ben...I wish you much success at your private high school with your old, school-owned 4 valve rotary Alexander C tuba. I hope the Monette mouthpiece you purchased works out well for you. I also hope you got a high grade on that high school research project about Arnold Jacobs that you did last year...in 9th grade.

My apologies to you, James. I couldn't for the life of me imagine such an amazing coincidence could really happen. Who could have imagined that a young man at a private school in Maine would just happen to come up with the same username as you and come to the same site where you have been so active. Who could have imagined that he would select the year 2005 for his username, since he would have been in 7th grade at the time...usually people use a high school graduation date or something in a username like that. I imagine that's why you picked it, anyway...no telling why good old Ben decided to use 2005 for his.

Oh, well...sorry I doubted you, big guy! Good luck with those graduate school applications!

[pierso20]

http://www.xanga.com/tubamaster2005" target="_blank" target="_blank

Really?

But on subject I would really rather talk more about BBb tubas. I am wondering if Mr. Pokorny decides that he really loves the BBb tuba for some excerpts that this might become a standard part of every orchestral (or aspiring) player's collection of tubas.

owned

[The Big Ben]

I liked the Firebird's sound and the feel of it overall, though it is tough to gauge it through the low quality speakers that I own. There are no private high schools in Ashland, Maine. One day I hope to get back up to Chicago and hear this man perform live. He is a very fine musician, regardless of what horn is in his lap. He can really play.

Yeah, all true. But, I think I'd like to go drink beer with him. His bio reads like he is a really fun guy with other passions as big as his musical ability. It would be fun and we wouldn't have to talk about tubas all night.

Maybe we should invite him to the next BlokeFest?

[Todd S. Malicoate]

My name is Ben Cunnings, and I do not go to school in Ashland public schools, but I go to a private school, and my band director is not a tuba player.

I am a sophomore in highschool and used google and found something on here about Arnold Jacobs in research for a school project. My band director in that time also told me I needed a new mouthpiece for symphonic band and the Monette mouthpiece yous guys had me buy was entirely too big and expensive. Pokorny said on the broadcast he was switching horns from F to CC and I was just wondering.

Hmmm...interesting that the IP address logged when you posted this is from Abilene Christian University. Must have been quite a hassle to drive/fly down there just to post this and then return to your private school in Maine.

Comments, James?

[PWtuba]

Those last two pages of thread are precisely why Mr. Chisham no longer takes pride in TubeNet. None of that was really necessary.

[Biggs]

Those last two pages of thread are precisely why Mr. Chisham no longer takes pride in TubeNet. None of that was really necessary.

Spare me your preaching. How many of those redundant "Which college is best?/Are BBb tubas ok?/Who is the greatest tuba player of all time?" threads are really necessary? How necessary was it for James to know what type of F tuba Gene Pokorny plays? How necessary was it for him to conceal his identity and then vehemently deny (ahem..falsely) he was concealing his identity?

Do you think that inane, inflammatory, incomprehensible posts that attack would-be advisers and challenge accepted pedagogical standards - posts made by students - contributed to Mr. Chisham's loss of pride in TubeNet?

[The Jackson]

Do you think that inane, inflammatory, incomprehensible posts that attack would-be advisers and challenge accepted pedagogical standards - posts made by students - contributed to Mr. Chisham's loss of pride in TubeNet?

If a guess had to be made, then yes. But that does not give anyone any right to stage this public right-fight. If someone thought there was something not right about a member, a PM could be sent to a moderator with zero public nusance. There is nothing justifiable about any of this.